Question

1: What is the importance of calibration of the scales and other equipment in the compounding lab of the pharmacy?

2: Explain how to discuss the incompatibility of the prescription with the doctors?

Answer 1

Answer 1.

Balance or calibration is very important to achieve accurate weighing results and decreases the probability of weighing mistake and preventing from harm

It helps in detecting deviations and enables adjustments to correct those deviations

Periodically scheduled balance calibration in combination with frequent testing greatly enhances the lifetime of balance or scale and its weighing accuracy

It enhances the assurance safe, effective drug supply to the consumer and also improves manufacturing quality

It is important to use calibration in the pharmaceutical industry because the weighing practices greatly influence the quality of pharmaceutical product.

Answer 2.

If there is any incompatibility of prescription, the pharmacist should not make any changes in the prescription without having first secured consent with the physician

The pharmacist should establish his professional standing on such a manner that the physicians not only welcome his advice on prescriptions but will bring their prescription problem to him to secure an opinion

Whenever there is an incompatibility of a prescription the pharmacist should approach a doctor to know if that drug prescription was intentional or unintentional