FIELD                 HEALTH

 

Revision of Pharmacy Services unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

Id

Pharmacy

Pharmacy Services

9641-9643, 9645-9647, 9649, 9651, 9653-9655, 9657, 23654-23672, 23674, 23675, 23677-23683

 

The Pharmacy Industry Training Organisation has revised the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          August 2007

 

Planned review date                                                                           December 2012 (unchanged)

 

Reason for the revision

 

All but two of the unit standards in the Pharmacy Services domain had special note errors that required correction and one unit standard had been registered with, unintentionally, too high a credit value.  These errors required correcting.

 

Main changes resulting from the revision

 

·         Unit standard 23660 had its credits reduced from 7 to 5.

·         All the unit standards listed above had ‘Pharmacy Council of New Zealand Inc.’ amended to ‘Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand Inc.’ in the special note referring to access to references resources held in every pharmacy.

·         Unit standards 23654 and 23655 had ‘balances, mortar and pestle, small scale compounding equipment’ removed from the special note listing standard dispensary equipment.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

None.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

None.

 

Summary of changes to classification, title, level, or credit value

 

All changes are in bold.

 

None of the revised unit standards had any changes to classification, title, level, or credit except the unit standard tabled below.

 

Pharmacy

Pharmacy Services

Id

Title

Level

Credit

23660

Demonstrate knowledge of human cardiovascular system, disorders, and pharmacology

5

7

5