Procedures for Issuing Prescription Only Medicines in Emergency Situations

Session 19: Procedures for Issuing Prescription Only Medicines in Emergency Situations

Total Session Time: 60 minutes

Prerequisites

None

Learning Tasks

By the end of this session students are expected to be able to:

Mention procedures for issuing prescription only medicines in emergency situations

Understand exemptions in cases of forged prescriptions for prescription only medicines.

Resources Needed:

Flip charts, marker pens, and masking tape

Black/white board and chalk/whiteboard markers

SESSION OVERVIEW

Step

Time

Activity/

Method

Content

1

5 minutes

Presentation

Introduction, Learning Tasks

2

35 minutes

Presentation Buzzing

Procedure for Issuing Prescription Only Medicines in Emergency Situations

3

10 minutes

Presentation

Exemptions in Cases of Forged Prescriptions for Prescription only Medicines

5

5 minutes

Presentation

Key Points

7

5 minutes

Presentation

Evaluation

SESSION CONTENTS

STEP 1: Presentation of Session Title and Learning Tasks (5 minutes)

READ or ASK students to read the learning Tasks and clarify

ASK students if they have any questions before continuing.

STEP 2: Procedure for Issuing Prescription Only Medicines in Emergency Situations (30 minutes)

Activity: Buzzing (10 minutes)

ASK students to pair up and buzz on the following question for 2 minutes

What are the procedures for issuing prescription only medicines in emergency situation?

ALLOW few pairs to respond and let other pairs to add on points not mentioned

WRITE their response on the flip chart/board

CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the content below

The following are procedure for issuing prescription only medicines in emergency situations according to the pharmacy Act 2011: section 41;

Section 41- Exception when supplying / distribution and dispensing medicine.

Subsection (1) Exception when supplying and dispensing medicines issuing prescription only medicines in emergency situations.

A situation of emergency can arise where the prescription only medicines are required, this section therefore allows a medical practitioner, dentist, or veterinary or member of hospital staff and in the order from the minister and advice from the council supply medicines for the purpose of medical, dental or veterinary treatment subject to the following conditions;

The medicine shall be distinctly labelled with the name and address of the person by whom it is supplied or dispensed;

The following particulars shall, within twenty four hours after the medicine has been supplied or dispensed, be entered in a book used regularly for the purpose, and which shall be called the Prescription Book-

The date on which the medicine was supplied or dispensed;

The name, strength and the quantity supplied;

The name and address of the person to whom the medicine was supplied;

The name and address of the person by whom the prescription was made; and

Name and address of a prescriber or prescribing health facility.

Subsection (2) where an authorized seller of medicines supplies a prescription medicine shall enter its particulars in a Prescription Book kept in accordance with the provisions of this section.

Subsection (3) any person to whom subsection (1) applies and who supplies or dispenses any prescription medicine in a manner contrary to this section, commits an offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine of not more than one million shillings or to imprisonment, for term not exceeding six months or to both.

In addition when a pharmaceutical personnel issuing prescription only medicines in emergency situations and if there is a possibilities must interview the patient, preferably face to face and if the pharmacist must be satisfied that there is an immediate need for the prescription-only medicine (POM) and that it is not practical for the patient to obtain a prescription without undue delay and then continuous with procedure stated in pharmacy Act, 2011, section 41, subsection (1) and (2).

STEP 3: Exemptions in Cases of Forged Prescriptions. (20 minutes)

The restrictions on sale and supply shall not apply to the sale and supply of a prescription only medicine by a pharmaceutical personnel in accordance with a forged prescription where the pharmacist, having exercised all due diligence, believes on reasonable grounds that the prescription is genuine.

STEP 6: Key Points (5 minutes)

Right procedures have to be followed when issuing prescription only medicines in emergency situations

Exemptions in cases of forged prescriptions for prescription only medicines.

STEP 7: Evaluation (5 minutes)

What are the procedures for issuing prescription only medicines in emergency situations?

References

MSH and WHO (2012). Managing Access to Medicines and Health Technology, 3rd Edition. Kumarian Press

MoHSW (2003). Tanzania, Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, Government Printers Dar es Salaam

MoHSW (2011), Pharmacy Act, Government Printers Dar es Salaam

United Republic of Tanzania (1971). the drugs and prevention of illicit traffic in drugs act, Government Printers Dar es Salaam

United Republic of Tanzania (2011).Public Procurement Act, Dar es Salaam

MoHSW (2003). The National Health Policy, Government Printers Dar es Salaam

MoHSW (1991). The National Drug Policy, Government Printers Dar es Salaam

United Republic of Tanzania (1993).Medical Stores Department Act, Government Printers Dar-es-salaamCooper and Gunns, Eds (1987). Dispensing for Pharmaceutical Students, (12th Ed). CBS Publishers and Distributors; Delhi.

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