Staff Development
Competent Veterinary Dispenser Award
45 mins CPD
Video
Course Details
- This course has been created to ensure that veterinary medicines are handled and dispensed according to the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2011. This is relevant as many veterinary surgeons who prescribe the veterinary medicines delegate the processes of acquiring, storing, and dispensing them to non-clinical colleagues. In order for dispensing to take place legally, as regulated by the VMD and the RCVS within their Practice Standards Scheme, anyone who handles a veterinary medicine must be deemed "competent" to do so. This course is a simple way to ensure that non-veterinary colleagues are compliant with these regulations.
- You will be presented with a course module followed by an assessment.
- If you achieve 80% or more, you pass the course and will receive a printable certificate. If you do not pass, you will have the opportunity to review the content and retake the assessment when you feel confident.
Aims
This course ensures non-clinical colleagues that acquire, store, and dispense veterinary medicines are deemed competent to do so and that they are compliant with the necessary regulations.
Objectives
During this course learners will be able to:
- Interpret a prescription label.
- Identify the relevant medicine.
- Choose an appropriate dispensing container.
- Handle medicines safely.
- Perform cross-checks and identify near-misses and understand how they happen.
- Understand the 4 classifications of veterinary medicines .
- Understand the relevance of off-label prescribing and the cascade.
- Understand the supply chain of veterinary medicines including ordering from wholesalers.
- Manage deliveries, stocking levels, storage requirements for various veterinary medications.
- Understand the regulations relating to the ordering, receipt, handling, and storage of Controlled Drugs in veterinary practice.