How did Health Canada prioritize compliance actions and follow-up activities?
A3. Health Canada’s first priority was to communicate to those pharmacies that had violations that included a potential risk to health. The key objective was to bring them into compliance on the specific practices observed. Health Canada’s next priority was to provide a compliance report to all inspected pharmacies to inform them of the results of the inspections. The next key communications was to all pharmacists in Canada, the various Colleges of Pharmacists and the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons to ensure they were aware of the findings of the inspections and their respective responsibilities under the Food and Drugs Act & Regulations. Health Canada assessed potential risks associated with the observations. Health Canada does not have any evidence of harm to any individual receiving drugs through distance dispensing. The Department determined that the potential risk did not warrant immediate warning to the public, but that a letter to pharmacists reminding them of their obligat
