Standard not met | Reason | Action being taken by the Pharmacy | By when | Notification By Pharmacy Improvements Made |
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1.1 | Written procedures had not been reviewed for four years and pharmacy staff were not working in accordance with them. It was unclear whether pharmacy staff had read the SOPs as the current team had not signed the signature sheets as evidence of training. |
Since the inspection took place action has already been taken to address this issue. New SOPs have been provided to all staff to read, understand and ask any questions about procedures before signing them. |
11/11/2019 | 30/10/2019 |
4.3 | Pharmacy stock was not managed appropriately. Various products were not being stored in their original containers and were not marked with a batch number and expiry date. Split liquid medicines with limited stability when opened were not always marked with a date of opening. Date checking records were blank. |
All dispensary staff have been informed not to store stock without any batch number and expiry date. As this normally results from uncollected prescriptions they have asked to DOOP the stock. All the split liquids will be marked with an opening date and any existing without the date have been poured down the sink. |
28/10/2019 | 30/10/2019 |