12Standards for approval of medication storage and preparation rooms

12 Standards for approval of medication storage and preparation rooms

12 Standards for approval of medication storage and preparation rooms

(1) For the Law, Schedule 5F, clause 12(8)(a), the following standards are prescribed for medication storage and preparation rooms—

(a) all reasonable steps to prevent public access to the room must be taken,

(b) the premises, including doors, windows, floors and ceilings, must be secure to minimise the risk of unauthorised access to the room and scheduled medicines in the room,

(c) the room must be equipped with a dispensing area of at least 8m2 unless otherwise approved by the Pharmacy Council of New South Wales,

(d) the room must be laid out and equipped so that—

(i) drugs stored in the room may be stored in accordance with each drug’s storage conditions, and

(ii) drugs being prepared, packaged or stored in the room, for supply to a particular patient or to a health care facility for supply to a particular patient or resident of that facility, may be stored together, and

(iii) documentation physically stored in the room relating to a patient or resident may be stored with the relevant drugs,

(e) the publications listed in Schedule 5 must be—

(i) kept in the room, or

(ii) accessible by electronic means from the room in accordance with section 13.

(2) The following standards are prescribed for a dispensing area referred to in subsection (1)(c)—

(a) the area must be adequately lit and ventilated,

(b) the area must be equipped with a stainless steel or similarly impervious sink that has an impervious surround and is supplied with hot and cold running water,

(c) the area must have a bench that—

(i) is at least 40cm wide, and

(ii) is of sufficient length to provide not less than 1m2 of free working space, and

(iii) has an impervious covering,

(d) the area must have at least one dispensary barcode scanner connected to each dispensing station in the dispensing area.