Safe Sale and Supply of Prescription-Only Medicines

There are times when a patient may present to your pharmacy and you may not have sufficient stock of a particular prescription medicine prescribed. In this case, and in accordance with PSI guidelines on the Sourcing of Medicinal Products for Sale or Supply by a Retail Pharmacy Business, you may consider doing an inter-pharmacy exchange, to meet the immediate need of that patient. A detailed documented trail of any such exchanges should be maintained. This documentation should be signed off by a pharmacist in both the lending and receiving pharmacies and a copy should be retained in both pharmacies.