DISPEX SOP Templates are Now Available for all members!
On the 1st July, we announced our new SOPs service in the Dispex Gazette, be the first to hear our
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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 | Under development |
| CD5 | CD Dispensing CD Instalment Prescription | Under development |
| CD6 | CD Handing Out | Available-login |
| CD7 | CD Record Keeping | Under development |
| CD8 | CD Disposal of CD’s | Under development |
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.
