Pharmacy Practice Guidance
In the interest of the safety of patients and the public the PSI issues guidance to
facilitate compliance with pharmacy and medicines legislation, as well as best practice in relation to the supply of medicines and the operation of a pharmacy. All pharmacists and pharmacies are required to comply with the guidance issued by the PSI.
The guidance is divided into four sections:
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- Legislation: Regulation of Retail Pharmacy Businesses Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 488 of 2008)
- Guidelines on Patient Consultation Areas in Retail Pharmacy Businesses (Version 2, Jan. 2015)
- Non-Prescription
Medicinal Products Containing Codeine: Guidance for Pharmacists on Safe
Supply to Patients (Version 5, October 2019)
- Guidelines on the Sourcing of Medicinal Products for Sale or Supply by a Retail Pharmacy Business (Version 2, Oct 2017)
- Guidelines on the Storage of Medicinal Products within a Retail Pharmacy Business (Version 2, April 2018)
- Guidelines on the Disposal of Medicinal Products for a Retail Pharmacy Business (Version 3, Oct. 2017)
- Guidelines on the Premises Requirements of a Retail Pharmacy Business (Version 2, Oct 2017)
- Guidelines on the Equipment Requirements of a Retail Pharmacy Business (Version 3, April 2019)
- Guidelines
on Counselling and Medicine Therapy Review in the Supply of Prescribed
Medicinal Products from a Retail Pharmacy Business (Version 4, October 2019)
- Guidelines on Keeping Records in Respect of Medicinal Products when Conducting a Retail Pharmacy Business (Version 3, April 2019)
- Guidelines on the Sale or Supply of Non-Prescription Medicinal Products from a Retail Pharmacy Business (Version 1, November 2018)
- Responsibilities of Superintendent Pharmacists under the Pharmacy Act 2007 (Letter from the Registrar of PSI, July 2009)
- Superintendent Pharmacists and Companies Conducting Retail Pharmacy Businesses (Letter from the Register of PSI, July 2010)
- Guidance on the Roles and Responsibilities of Superintendent and Supervising Pharmacists; Irish Pharmacy Journal Oct-Nov 2008
- Superintendent Pharmacists – Responsibilities and Accountabilities; Irish Pharmacy Journal Apr-Aug 2010
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- Guidance
on the Supply by Pharmacists in Retail Pharmacy Businesses of Medicines
to Patients in Residential Care Settings/Nursing Homes (Version 4, March
2018)
- Explanatory Note on the Documentation and Other Requirements to be met by Pharmacists in Retail Pharmacy Businesses in Making Supplies of Controlled Drugs to Patients in Nursing Homes (Version 2, Oct. 2017)
- Guidance on the Provision of Testing Services in Pharmacies (Version 3, October 2019)
- Guidance on the Delivery of Medicines Dispensed on foot of a Prescription from a Retail Pharmacy Business (Version 1, July 2014)
- Guidance on the Provision of Vaccination Services by Pharmacists in Retail Pharmacy Businesses (Version 8, September 2022)
- Guidance for Pharmacists on Extemporaneous Dispensing (Version 1, June 2015)
- Guidance on the Provision of an Influenza Vaccination Service for Children Aged 6 Months and Older (Version 3, September 2022)
- Guidance
for Pharmacists on the Safe Supply and Administration of
Prescription-Only Medicines for the Purpose of Saving Life or Reducing
Severe Distress in an Emergency (Version 2, April 2019)
- Guidance to Support Pharmacies in providing Safe Influenza Services Offsite form the Pharmacy Premises (Version 3, September 2022)
- Practical Guidance when Providing a Pharmacy Vaccination Service During COVID-19 (Version 3, September 2022)
- Explanatory Note for Pharmacists, on the Supply of ‘Emergency’ Prescription-Only Medicines to a Listed Organisation (Version 2, April 2019)
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We provide PSI guidance to facilitate the use of the guidance in daily practice by the pharmacy team. A full up-to-date list of guidance can be found in the drop down links above and can be printed for use in pharmacies
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