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The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:
legal and ethical requirements (national, state/territory) for pharmacy work, and how these are applied in organisations, including:codes of conductduty of care (and implications of negligence)informed consent privacy, confidentiality and disclosurerecords management rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clientsspecific legislation:medicines and their usethe practice of pharmacydifferent schedules of medicines and pharmaceutical productswork role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations, including limitations of own work role and type of information able to be provided:CMIconfirmation of appointment date and timeinformation about the use of respiratory devicesinformation about the use of dose administration aids (DAAs)standardised (workplace approved) information for clientswork health and safetypurpose and scope of client education to aid compliance with administration of medicines procedures for client identification and confirmation of identificationCMI:purpose and layout sources of pharmacy computer system, National Prescribing Services online CMI searchdocumentation:assessment of client’s ability to manage medications list of medications brought into hospitalthat CMI or other medication-related information has been issued to client/carerpurpose and features of DAAs and limitations and problems with these devicesprinciples of effective communication, including recognition of communication and language difficulties and how to overcome thesefeatures of current medication lists, purpose and layoutsources and method of preparation of electronic and hard copy informationpurpose of, and methods for, standardised assessment of client’s ability to manage medicationsfactors that affect clients’ ability to manage medications, including special needs related to:communication environment and contextcognitive abilitycultural or language barriersrespiratory devices:care of respiratory devicesdemonstration of respiratory devicesknowledge, purpose and selection criteria for respiratory devices (including: dry powder inhalers, metered dose inhaler, spacers )structure and functions of the body systems and associated components, including:cardiovascular systemcells, tissues and organsdigestive systemendocrine systemintegumentary systemlymphatic systemmusculo-skeletal systemnervous systemreproductive systemrespiratory systemthe special senses – smell, taste, vision, equilibrium and hearingurinary systempurposes of different medicine groups, including:analgesics and anti-inflammatory agentsanti-coagulantsanti-depressantsanti-diabetic agentsanti-epilepticsanti-gout agentsanti-histaminesanti-hypertensivesanxiolytics and hypnoticsasthma treating agentscholesterol and lipid lowering agentscorticosteroidscytotoxicsdiureticsgastro-intestinal agentsheart medicineshormonal medicinesosteoporosis medicinesviral and anti-bacterial agents, anti-fungals or antibioticsfactors affecting medicine groups:blood pressurebreast feedinggeriatricpaediatricpregnancyissues that affect the use of medicine in an individual:bioavailabilitybioequivalencemedicines absorptionmedicines distributionmedicines eliminationmedicines half-lifemedicines metabolismconcept of medicines:medicines interactionsmedicines food interactions and incompatibilities