What is Project STOP?

Project STOP is an online, real-time decision support system for community pharmacists and pharmacy staff, helping to assess the legitimacy of a customer's request for products containing pseudoephedrine and to help answer the question "Should I or shouldn't I supply this person?"

It was developed by The Pharmacy Guild of Australia to stop the diversion of pseudoephedrine from Australian community pharmacists into illicit drug manufacture.

It is FREE to both Pharmacy Guild members and non-members.

How does it work?

The system works by helping pharmacists to determine patients’ therapeutic needs.

1.  Upon requesting a pseudoephedrine-based product, the pharmacist asks to see an acceptable form of photographic identification.

2.  The pharmacist records the identification card number in a protected database held and operated by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.

3.  The pharmacist also records the name of the product and the quantity the customer has requested in the database.

4.  The database checks to see if the identification number was previously entered into the database within an appropriate threshold period.

5.  The pharmacist decides whether or not to supply the product based on a determination of the customer's therapeutic needs.

6.  The database records whether or not the sale was made.

In some states and territories it is a legal requirement for pharmacists to record your name and address when supplying pseudoephedrine.

More Information

Visit www.projectstop.com

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