DISPEX SOP Templates are Now Available
Dispex are pleased to announce that we now have our SOPs Templates accessible to all Dispex members.
SOPs are a vital part of the DSQS requirements and an important element to ensure safe and quality
practice and procedures are followed by all members of staff.
Our Templates will provide a guide, according to the DSQS requirements minimum, for you to amend
as relevant to your own Dispensary. You will be able to customise and adapt the procedures content to
your own circumstances and adjust each one, to reflect the way your own Dispensary operates, within
the recommended guidelines. The following SOPs Templates are available (highlighted in blue) or in
development.
| DPX No* | Name of SOP | |
| The DISPENSARY | ||
| D1 | Dispensary Cleaning | Available-login |
| D2 | Room Temperature Monitoring | Available-login |
| D3 | Refrigerator Monitoring – temperature, cleaning & failure | Available-login |
| D4 | Cold Chain | Available-login |
| D5 | Dispensary Confidentiality | Available-login |
| QUALITY CONTROL | ||
| QC1 | Ordering & Storage of Medication | Under development |
| QC2 | Stock Control, Cleaning Shelves & Expiry Dates | Under development |
| QC3 | Disposal of Medication | Under development |
| QC4 | Near Miss & Significant Event Reporting | Available-login |
| QC5 | Risk Management Policy | Under development |
| QC6 | Receiving Patient Returns Medicine | Under development |
| QC7 | Staff Competency, Education and Training | Available-login |
| QC8 | Disruptions to Normal Working Conditions | Available-login |
| QC9 | Uncollected Dispensed Medicines | Under development |
| QC10 | Prep & Submission of FP34D Monthly Return | Available-login |
| QC11 | Home Delivery Service – Normal Operations | Available-login |
| QC12 | Dispensary Audit | Under development |
| QC13 | DRUMS – Medication Review | Under development |
| QC14 | DSQS | Under development |
| QC15 | Preparing and Reviewing SOPs | Under development |
| The PRESCRIPTION | ||
| P1 | Prescription/Controlled Stationery – Ordering, Receipt & Security | Under development |
| P2 | Assessment & Issuing a Prescription Request | Under development |
| P3 | Assembling a Repeat Prescription | Under development |
| P4 | Assembling an Acute Prescription | Under development |
| P5 | Checking of a Prescription | Under development |
| P6 | Labelling | Under development |
| P7 | Accuracy Checking & Bagging | Under development |
| P8 | Owings | Under development |
| P9 | Storage of Dispensed Medicines | Under development |
| P10 | Handing Out a Prescription | Under development |
| P11 | Monitored Dosage Systems | Available-login |
| P12 | The Prescription Reverse | Available-login |
| P13 | Private Prescriptions | Available-login |
| High Risk Medicines | ||
| HR1 | Lithium | Under development |
| HR2 | Amiodarone | Under development |
| HR3 | Warfarin | Under development |
| HR4 | Azathioprine | Under development |
| HR5 | Leflunomide | Under development |
| HR6 | Methotrexate | Under development |
| CONTROLLED DRUGS | ||
| CD1 | CD Prescriptions | Available-login |
| CD2 | CD Ordering and Receipt | Available-login |
| CD3 | CD Storage | Available-login |
| CD4 | CD Dispensing a Schedule 2 or 3 CD | Available-login |
| CD5 | CD Dispensing CD Instalment Prescription | Available-login |
| CD6 | CD Handing Out | Available-login |
| CD7 | CD Record Keeping | Available-login |
| CD8 | CD Disposal of CD’s | Available-login |
Development SOPs will be released regularly, to add to your library, so please ensure you visit the website
and check you have all that you need to fulfil your DSQS obligations as well as to provide all staff with the
knowledge and confidence to complete their duties in a consistent, reliable manner. You can find the
SOPs library here.
