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A personally administered item is a prescription item prescribed and administered by a member of the practice team.

The items you can claim as personally administered are:

  • anaesthetics 
  • injections 
  • Nexplanon implants
  • Intrauterine device (IUD)
  • contraceptive caps and diaphragms 
  • pessaries listed as appliances 
  • skin adhesives listed in the Drug Tariff
  • sutures and skin closure strips listed in the Drug Tariff 
  • diagnostic reagents such as dick tests, schick tests and tuberculin tests

Vaccines, including oral vaccines, can also be claimed as personally administered. There are some exceptions to this.

Dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d)

You can use the dm+d to check if an item is allowed as personally administered:

  1. Select Go to the product search. 
  2. Search for the item.
  3. Select the pack size under 'Actual Medicinal Product Pack (AMPP) Information'.

If the item is allowed as personally administered, it will show 'PADM indicator - attracts an administration fee' under 'Prescribing information'.

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