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- Dispensing - Dispensing Medications
Dispensing is a controlled act that authorizes an RT to select, prepare and provide stock medication that has been prescribed to a patient client (or his or her representative) for administration at a later time The process of dispensing has both technical and cognitive components
- A D M I N I ST E R I N G D I S P E N S I N G M E D I C AT I O N S - CRTO
The RT obtains an order from the prescriber(s) via a direct order or medical directive that states they can dispense and provides all the necessary information about the drug(s) to be dispensed (see section of Orders for Dispensing)
- Administration - Dispensing Medications
RTs commonly administer medications via the authority granted to them by the Respiratory Therapy Act – “administering a substance by injection or inhalation” [s 4 (4)] Dispensing occurs less often and will be explained later in this PPG
- COLLEGE OF COLLEGE OF RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS OF ONTARIO - CRTO
The CRTO considers it acceptable for a Respiratory Therapist (RT) to possess, administer and accept delegation to dispense controlled substances, provided that appropriate authorizing mechanisms and employee policies are in place
- Authority Authorizing Mechanisms - Interpretation of Authorized Acts
More information on Dispensing is available in the CRTO’s Administering and Dispensing Medications PPG Allergy challenge testing of a kind in which a positive result of the test is a significant allergic response (RHPA s 27 (2)13)
- Delegating - Delegation of Controlled Acts
CRTO Members may delegate any RT authorized act procedures to another regulated or non-regulated health care provider provided they meet their professional responsibilities which are outlined below What Are My Responsibilities When I Delegate? You meet the Standards of Practice of the College and the profession before delegating a procedure
- Introduction - Dispensing Medications
Dispensing medications falls under the 8th controlled act in the RHPA: “Prescribing, dispensing, selling or compounding a drug as defined in the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act, or supervising the part of a pharmacy where such drugs are kept ”
- ACCEPTING DELEGATION TO DISPENSE MEDICATION
You are correct that nurses can dispense medications However, neither RPNs, RNs nor NPs are permitted to delegate the controlled act of dispensing of medication
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