Yesterday a pharmacy technician entered “100 tablets received” in the Schedule 2 controlled-drug register; the signed invoice shows 10. The entry has

Question

Yesterday a pharmacy technician entered “100 tablets received” in the Schedule 2 controlled-drug register; the signed invoice shows 10. The entry has not been overwritten. How must the correction be made?

Accepted Answer

Add an indelible dated marginal note or footnote identifying the correction while leaving the original entry legible

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Use correction fluid, initial the replacement figure and recalculate the balance

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Alter 100 to 10 in the original entry if a second staff member witnesses it

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Delete the electronic row and recreate it so the balance appears clean

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Leave the wrong entry unchanged and correct only the running balance at the next transaction

CD register correction — GPhC CRA MCQ

Yesterday a pharmacy technician entered “100 tablets received” in the Schedule 2 controlled-drug register; the signed invoice shows 10. The entry has not been overwritten. How must the correction be made?