Outline the responsibilities of a pharmacy technician relating to health and safety in the workplace: Principles of Health and Safety for Pharmacy Technicians Report, NWRC, UK

Task One

Section 1

Outline the responsibilities of a pharmacy technician relating to health and safety in the workplace. You must include the following legislation:

• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• Manual handling regulations
• Regulations relating to the disposal of pharmaceutical waste
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR)
• Law relating to safeguarding
• Law relating to deprivation of liberty
• Regulations relating to first aid at work.
• Describe your pharmacy SOPs regarding staff sickness and reporting of accidents at work.

Section 2

• Summarise the effectiveness of the standards (GPhC standards for pharmacy professionals) and procedures (referencing your workplace SOPs in relation to health and safety).

• Provide the strength, weakness, what you do when the SOP goes wrong and how you record incidents in your workplace e.g., dispensing errors. What data does the error logs show?

Section 3

Examine in detail the main health and safety responsibilities for:

(1) a pharmacy technician

(2) an employer

(3) others in the workplace such as colleagues (including individuals who have been given

specific health and safety roles/responsibilities), and customers/visitors.

Others could include: individuals; customers; colleagues; visitors

Section 4

Reflect on your own compliance with health and safety procedures. Include reasons/examples and suggest ways to improve your own compliance with H&S in the future.