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Reinstatement of expired Pharmacy Services unit standards 9648, 9650, and 9652

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Pharmacy

Pharmacy Services

9648, 9650, 9652

 

The Pharmacy Industry Training Organisation has reinstated the unit standards listed above.  The standards are expiring and have been assigned a new expiry date.

 

Date new versions published                                                          April 2010

 

New expiry date                                                                                   December 2012

 

Reason for the reinstatement

 

As part of the review of the National Certificate in Pharmacy (Technician) (Level 5) with strands in Community, and Hospital [Ref: 0423] in 2007, unit standards 9648, and 9652 were designated expiring.  Both standards expired in December 2009.  However, following a subsequent review of the qualification, it was noted that this expiry date made version 4 of the qualification unachievable even though the last date for assessments to take place for this version of the qualification is 31 December 2012.

 

As part of the review of the National Certificate in Pharmacy (Assistant) (Level 3) [Ref: 0469] in 2007, unit standard 9650 was designated expiring.  This standard expired in December 2009.  However, it was noted that this expiry date made version 3 of the qualification unachievable even though the last date for assessments to take place for this version of the qualification is 31 December 2012.

 

To address this issue, and to avoid disadvantage to candidates completing programmes leading to the award of the qualifications, the ITO has decided to reinstate the unit standards with a new expiry date so that the previous versions referred to above remain achievable until their last date for assessment.

 

Main changes

 

·      The standards were reinstated and will expire at the end of December 2012.

 

Impact on existing accreditations

 

None.

 

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

 

None.

 

Impact on registered qualifications

 

Version 4 of the National Certificate in Pharmacy (Technician) (Level 5) with strands in Community, and Hospital [Ref: 0423] contains unit standards 9648 and 9652.  The last date for assessments to take place for this version of the qualification is 31 December 2012.

 

Version 3 of the National Certificate in Pharmacy (Assistant) (Level 3) [Ref: 0469] contains unit standard 9650.  The last date for assessments to take place for this version of the qualification is 31 December 2012.

 

List of unit standards showing previous and new expiry dates

 

Health > Pharmacy > Pharmacy Services

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Previous expiry date

New expiry date

9648

Dispense sterile products under supervision

5

10

31/12/2009

31/12/2012

9650

Apply procedures for handling potentially hazardous goods as a pharmacy assistant

3

2

31/12/2009

31/12/2012

9652

Assist clients to obtain optimal benefit from dispensed medicines

5

25

31/12/2009

31/12/2012