Dispex SOP
We are pleased to inform our members that we have updated our Risk Management SOP (DPX-QC5).
The purpose of the SOP is to enable you and your team members to recognise the responsibility to
follow health and safety recommendations in the Dispensary under the Health & Safety at Work
Act (1974). Our SOP will help you to understand how to adequately assess risk in the dispensary
and put in appropriate actions to safeguard yourselves, colleagues and the public.
The process of risk assessment looks at identifying all of the risks, evaluating them and prioritising
them as High (risks requiring immediate action), Medium and Low risks. This is also about deciding
whether a particular risk is acceptable or not, taking into account:
- the controls already in place
- the consequence of managing risks or leaving them untreated
The SOP applies to all the dispensary team and working practices within the dispensary, our SOP
should be used in addition to Practice policies on Risk Management:
- Decontamination policy
- Infection Control policy
- Needle Stick Injury policy
- Disposal of Clinical Waste guidance
- Specimen Collection guidance
- Environmental Cleanliness guidance
- COSHH
- Undertaking a risk assessment practice policy, including risk matrix
- Significant Event Reporting policy including NRLS
- Drug & Medical Device Alerts policy
- Pandemic & other Major Disaster policy
- Legionella Risk policy
- Fire Safety policy
- Waste Medicines Contractors policy, including T28 waste exemption registration compliance
- Waste Management Licensing regulations
- Risk Matrix
- Accident policy
Dispex members can login to view the SOP in full which includes; the process stage, undertaking
the risk assessment, how and when to review your assessment and contains a risk assessment
template form. EVERY SOP MUST BE ADAPTED FOR YOUR DISPENSARY.
Other SOP Categories :
- THE DISPENSARY
- QUALITY CONTROL
- HIGH RISK MEDICINES
- THE PRESCRIPTION
- CONTROLLED DRUGS
