New Compliments Form
Pharmacy Appreciation Month is coming to an end, but CPNL wants to keep the compliments flowing all year round.
As part of CPNL’s Working Conditions and Workforce Wellness Action Plan, we are committed to ensuring that good care is acknowledged and that pharmacy professionals are aware of the positive impact they have on their patients’ lives. With that commitment in mind, the CPNL Board and staff are pleased to launch CPNL’s online compliment form, which will allow members of the public to share positive experiences at their pharmacies.
Click here to view our new Compliment a Pharmacy Professional online form.
Those submitting compliments have the option to remain anonymous while still granting CPNL permission to share the compliment with the named pharmacy professional or pharmacy team.
Call for Expression of Interest – Pharmacy Practice Advisory Committee
CPNL is currently seeking a pharmacy technician who works primarily in a community pharmacy to join the Pharmacy Practice Advisory Committee.
The Pharmacy Practice Advisory Committee is a standing committee of CPNL whose role is to assist the board in meeting its goals of protecting the public and ensuring quality and ethical care by advising on current or new standards related to pharmacy professionals’ scope of practice. In fulfilling its role, the committee may:
As per its terms of reference, the Pharmacy Practice Advisory Committee has a broad composition including practicing pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from both community and hospital pharmacy, as well as representatives from several provincial partner organizations and government. See the Committees page of the CPNL website for the full committee membership.
If you are interested, please submit your name, contact information, a brief bio, and a few lines about why you are interested in being part of the committee to inforx@cpnl.ca.
Shared Learning from Pharmacy Practice:
What methods of prescription transmission and authentication are acceptable?
Prescription transmission from prescribers to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians occurs through various methods. Although there are different acceptable methods, regardless of how a prescription is received — on paper from the patient, verbally, via fax, or other electronic means from the prescriber — pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are expected to ensure that prescriptions are current, authentic, complete, and appropriate before dispensing, in accordance with the Standards of Pharmacy Operation – Community Pharmacy.
Acceptable methods to receive prescriptions include:
Rubber signature stamps, pre-signed forms, signature images, or other forms of signatures that are not distinct for each transaction do not fulfill federal and provincial requirements. A pharmacist or pharmacy technician cannot confirm that one of these forms of signature is original, as identical copies of the order could have been produced by photocopy. To ensure that the prescription presented by the patient is the original copy of the order written by the prescriber, the signature must be original.
It is the responsibility of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to critically assess prescriptions to determine authenticity, regardless of the method of transmission. Where the authenticity of a prescription is questioned, confirmation with the prescriber must occur and may include:
NLCSU – New Substance Use Resource
The Newfoundland and Labrador Centre on Substance Use (NLCSU) has launched the new Substance Use Resource folder, now available in the NLCSU Dropbox Knowledge Repository. This collection centralizes diverse evidence-informed resources, with detailed subfolders for key topics designed to support practice and planning across the substance use field.
The folder includes substance use related resources on the following topics:
Click to view folder:
The folder will be updated regularly as new resources and topic areas are added.
If you would like to submit a resource for consideration, please email nlcsu@nlhealthservices.ca.
FASD Diagnostic Network
Do you have patients looking for a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder assessment? Connect with fasdNL.
fasdNL has developed a diagnostic network to assess for and diagnose FASD throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, to strengthen provincial health capacities and minimize waitlists.
Eligibility
fasdNL will act as the bridge between people seeking a diagnosis and in-network professionals who can assess for FASD. fasdNL will compile the unofficial ‘team’ of professionals involved in an assessment, and determine how to proceed based on the information provided, records, past assessments/diagnoses, and results.
Submit an inquiry form to determine if an FASD assessment is right for you. Visit www.fasdNL.ca/DiagnosticNework for more information or to download an inquiry form.
Interested in assessing for FASD in your practice? They train healthcare professionals involved in the diagnostic process, such as physicians, psychologists, speech language pathologists, and occupational therapists, on how to assess for and diagnose FASD. Email diagnosis@fasdNL.ca for more information.
*fasdNL only accepts inquiries for FASD assessments. Reliable evidence of prenatal alcohol exposure (when alcohol is consumed during pregnancy) is required to proceed.*
Regular Reminders
Scheduling Appointments with Staff
CPNL staff are here to assist and support you. If you wish to meet with a staff member in person, please call to schedule an appointment before visiting our office. Having details regarding your inquiry will help us appropriately prioritize and prepare to answer your question if we need to collect additional information before calling you back or meeting with you. If you are unable to reach the staff person by phone, please leave a detailed message. Voicemails are regularly checked, and staff members get email alerts when a message is left on their phone line.
Keeping Contact Information Up to Date
Registered pharmacy professionals are responsible for ensuring that the contact information on their registrant profile, including email address and practice site, is accurate at all times. CPNL primarily uses email communication to send newsletters, renewal reminders, practice site assessment information, professional development audit information, calls for interest for committees, and other alerts. If the email address on file is incorrect, important information may be missed and/or disclosed to the wrong person. If your contact information changes, please update your information on file by logging into the Registrant Portal.