What are the despensing cycle ?
- Receive and validate prescription
- Understand and untrupt prescription
- Prepare and label item for issue
- Make a final check
- Record action taken
- Issue medicine to patient with clear instruction and advice
- What are types of prescription ?
Mainly two types
1. Pre compounding prescription :
- already prepared drug (by company ) .
- Extemporaneous prescription :
- pharmacist must prepare the Medicine according drug and dosage directed by the physician .
what are the check point in prescription?
(1) Prescriber information and signature
(2) Patient information
(3) Date prescription was written
(4) symbol (the Superscription), meaning ‘‘take thou,’’
‘‘you take,’’ or ‘‘recipe’’
(5) Medication prescribed (the Inscription)
(6) Dispensing instructions to the pharmacist (the Subscription)
(7) Directions to the patient (the Signa)
(8) Special instructions. ‘‘Brand necessary,’’ may be required to disallow generic substitution.
The prescription is refused on following bases?
- If either the ingredients are not present in the stock, or they are not readily available.
- If the essential information is missing or doubtful.
- If the safety of the prescription is doubtful.
Upon receiving a prescription, the staff member responsible should confirm the —————– ?
- Patient name
by checking the date of birth or address
why the action of confirming the patient name is important ?
- If clinic is dealing with a large crowd of people.
- when there is any risk that staff or patients may mix up prescriptions.
True or false ?
Cross-checking the name and identity of the patient must also be done when issuing the medicines.
True
How we can prevent prescription copying ?
- UV fiber Secure: Invisible fluorescent fibers and threads that can only be seen under black light.
- Some physician use printer and specific programed to write its prescription.
- Some Prescription contains the watermark.
- By dipping the paper towards the light, a picture appears to verify that the prescription is an original. Usually as Rx appear.
- Hidden message technology The word VOID appears if a copy is made.
why its imp to understand and Interpret the Prescription by pharmacist \pharmacy technician?
Because they can read the prescription :
1- Correctly interpret any abbreviations used by the prescriber.
2- Use of the product
3- Is it safe and suitable for the intended purpose?
4 - Calculation of dose and issuing quantities depending upon age and sex.
5- Drug-drug interaction
Verbal orders for medications should be given only in ?
Exceptional and emergency situations.
Note : repeated back to the prescriber to ensure accuracy, and written confirmation should be supplied within an agreed-upon period.
