A Manitoba pharmacist who made complaints against a colleague that led to sanctions against him has now also been fined due to her own conduct.
Portage la Prairie pharmacist Caitlin Giercke was fined $15,000 for dispensing prescriptions for drugs to patients on multiple occasions early and without prescriptions.
The investigation by the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba into Giercke’s conduct was triggered by a complaint she made about her colleague, Glen Pauch, who in June was fined $100,000 after the panel found he had dispensed a massive amount of drugs that could not be accounted for.
On Oct, 25, 2021 Giercke reported concerns about Pauch’s treatment of a patient who was regularly receiving refills of an opioid 17 to 18 days early without authorization. Giercke also said she was concerned Pauch had been misusing prescription medication.
An investigation and decision by the panel, dated June 9, found more than 39,000 doses went unaccounted for while Pauch was consuming drugs and improperly dispensing controlled substances — including opioids oxycodone and hydromorphone, and Concerta, a stimulant prescribed for ADHD — to 11 patients.
The probe prompted a separate investigation into Giercke’s conduct, which found Giercke failed to properly document the drugs she dispensed and did not maintain required records for drugs returned to the pharmacy or received from suppliers between 2020 and 2021.
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