Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to package medicine into dose administration aids.
- Follow the pharmacy process for dealing with a new DAA patient where relevant.
- Follow safety requirements and personal hygiene procedures prior to and during packing.
- Check dose administration and packaging documentation, instructions and procedures.
- Set up packaging containers, other consumables and equipment.
- Confirm that all dispensed patient medicines are available and identify requested medications that are not suitable for packing in a DAA.
- Pack dose administration aids.
- Prepare and attach labels to header cards.
- Fill DAAs according to the record of medications to be packed for each patient and pharmacist instructions.
- Include Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) with patient DAAs where relevant.
- Ensure all medications requested by the patient but not packed in the DAA are provided with the DAA.
- Present filled containers, any additional medications, CMI and each patient’s record of medications for evidence checking by a pharmacist to ensure all requested medications are assembled.
- Sign off on document and pack filled containers.
- Perform dose administration and maintenance activities.
- Store filled DAA orders in designated area awaiting collection or delivery.
- Follow pharmacy procedures to clean and maintain the dose administration area.
- Maintain and follow dispensary system for recording the filling of DAAs.
- Make changes to DAAs already provided to patients as directed by pharmacist.
- Dispose of waste according to environmental requirements, patient privacy protocols and pharmacy waste management procedures.