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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of, and carry out, ward medicine
management
Level
5
Purpose
Credits
4
This unit standard is intended for pharmacy technicians or
people working towards a pharmacy technician qualification.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of and carry out ward medicine management.
Classification
Pharmacy > Pharmacy Services
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
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Credit for this unit standard may not be awarded unless assessment is supported by
evidence of a minimum of 30 working days practice in a non-simulated pharmacy
workplace environment. This evidence is to be supplied in a pharmacist verifier’s
statement.
This unit standard is
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Legislation, codes, and standards relevant to this unit standard include:
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993; expiring
Fair Trading Act 1986;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’
Rights), Regulations 1996;
Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights, available from the Health and
Disability Commissioner’s office;
Health Information Privacy Code 1994, available from the Privacy Commissioner’s office;
Health (Retention of Health Information) Regulations 1996;
Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003;
Health (Needles and Syringes) Regulations 1998;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Medicines Act 1981;
Medicines Regulations 1984;
Misuse of Drugs Act 1975;
Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977;
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New Zealand Code of Good Manufacturing Practice for Manufacture and Distribution of
Therapeutic Goods (GMP Code), Part 4 (Wholesaling of Medicines and Medical
Devices) and Part 5 (Uniform Recall Procedure for Medicines and Medical Devices),
available from Medsafe;
The New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule, available from http://www.pharmac.govt.nz;
Pharmacy Council of New Zealand Code of Ethics 2004, available at
http://www.pharmacycouncil.org.nz;
Privacy Act 1993.
Other requirements applicable to this unit standard may include but are not limited to:
Pharmacy Practice Handbook and Quality Standards for Pharmacy in New Zealand, both
available from the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand Inc.
Any legislation or other requirement superseding any of the above will apply, pending
review of this unit standard.
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Definition
Standard operating procedures – written documentation of the specified way to perform an
activity.
4
Access to the reference resources specified by the Pharmaceutical Society of New
Zealand Inc. to be held in every pharmacy is required for completion of assessment
against this unit standard.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of ward medicine management.
Evidence requirements
1.1
This unit standard is
expiring
Range
storage requirements include but are not limited to – temperature,
Ward stock management is described in terms of batch numbers, expiry dates,
ordering, storage requirements, and recall in accordance with standard
operating procedures and legal requirements.
cold chain, safety and security.
1.2
The importance of interaction with ward staff and/or health technicians in order
to determine when and when not to make referrals is explained.
1.3
Ward stock distribution and management systems are compared in terms of
relative advantages and disadvantages.
Range
individual patient dispensing, imprest, computerised stock
management tool or tools.
Outcome 2
Carry out ward medicine management.
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Ward medicine management is carried out in accordance with stock distribution
and management systems and legal requirements, and using designated stock
distribution and management systems.
Range
ward visits to determine stock requirements, ordering, processing,
stock selection, imprest, records maintenance.
2.2
Recall is conducted in accordance with standard operating procedures and the
GMP Code Part 5.
2.3
Ward medicine management includes interaction with ward staff and/or health
technicians in order to determine when to and when not to make referrals.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 April 2007
31 December 2017
Revision
2
24 August 2007
31 December 2017
Review
3
16 April 2015
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
This unit standard is
expiring
Industry Training Organisations must
be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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