Study Set Content:
Prescriber’s Information
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT PROCEDURES IN PROCESSING THE PRESCRIPTION ORDER?
1. Receiving and validating the prescription
2. Understanding and interpreting the given prescription
3. Preparing and labeling the medicines for issuance
4. Final checking the medicine and the prescription
5. Record the action taken
6. Dispensing the proper medicine with proper instruction and order
HOW IS PRESCRIPTION PROCESSED?
a. Review if the prescription is complete.
b. Validate the appropriateness of the prescription
c. Checking if the medicine written in the prescription is available
d. Apply legal and ethical considerations when giving out the medicines
e. Make sure that the medicines to be dispensed have their proper label and have a suitable
packaging
IN GUARDING THE SAFETY OF A PRESCRIPTION, WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT MUS BE CONSIDERED?
1. Drug interactions (Drug-drug interaction, drug-disease interaction, drug-food interaction)
2. Medicine duplication
3. Polypharmacy
4. Allergies
5. Inappropriate drug therapy
6. Co-morbidities
7. Patient's age
8. Correct interpretation of Prescription
9. Validity of prescription
Prescriptions are dated at the time they are
written.
It is important to make sure that the prescription is (blank) to avoid dispensing errors.
valid
is important in establishing the medication record of the patient especially in prescriptions for controlled substances to avoid misuse and abuse.
The date
Date is also important in (blank) to see if the patient has gone back for follow ups.
dispensing maintenance medication
The original prescriptions are filed in (blank) based on their serial number and it provides assurance in cases of legality or court documents.
numerical order
WHAT DIFFERENT BITS OF INFORMATION SHOULD BE RECORDED IN THE PRESCRIPTION BOOK?
1. Name of Prescriber
2. Name of Drug
3. Quantity prescribed
4. Lot Number of the Drug
5. Expiration Date of Drug
6. Actions taken (partially filled or fully filled)
7. S2 License Number of Prescriber (in Dangerous, Regulated and Prohibited Drugs)
8. Prescription Number
Records kept as a soft copy must be printed daily (if there is a transaction) and form a
bound book.
Regular prescriptions are to be kept for
2 years
The pharmacist can check the patient's
compliance on taking the medication.
ADVANTAGE
Excessive quantity of medication increases the
risk of misuse and abuse by the patient.
DISADVANTAGE
It is a perk for patients taking maintenance
drugs if the prescription can be refilled
because they do not need to go back to their
prescriber to ask for an updated or new
prescription frequently.
ADVANTAGE
Refilling a prescription cannot be used for
certain medicines (e.g. Antibiotics- because of
antibiotic resistance and it can only be used
for a given period Of time
DISADVANTAGE
Aspirin THERAPEUTIC CATEGORY
NSAID
Carmamazepine
Anticonvulsant
Celecoxib
NSAID
Clopidogrel
Antiplatelet
