Study Set Content:
The basic/ prerequisite of dispensing process is our
knowledge about the
prescription and good dispensing
process/ good dispensing practice.
“No medicine, pharmaceutical or drug whatever nature
and kind or device shall be compounded, dispensed, sold
or resold, or otherwise be made available to the
consuming public except through a prescription drugstore
or hospital pharmacy.”
RA 10918, Sec. 30
We need to abide by the 3 rights of good
dispensing practice:
RIGHT PATIENT, RIGHT
DOSE, RIGHT TIME
this is the RATIONAL USE
OF DRUGS.
RIGHT PATIENT, RIGHT
DOSE, RIGHT TIME
PRESCRIPTION derived from the Latin word
“praescriptio”:
“prae”
before
“scribo”
write
order for medication issued by a physician,
dentist or other properly licensed medical
practitioner
PRESCRIPTION
The prescription designate specific medication and
dosage to be administered to a particular patient at a
specified
time
Prescription is a:(blank) for the preparation and
administration of a remedy.
Prescription orders are usually written by the
(blank)on a printed forms or prescription
written direction, prescribers
A prescription may be written by the
prescriber and given to the
patient
May be presented (blank) by telephone
orally
Communicated directly to the pharmacist by
means of a
fax machine
May be (blank) from a
physician’s computer to a pharmacist’s
computer (via computer networks)
electronically sent
Prescription should only come from a
licensed medical practitioner
ADVANTAGES OF E-RX
1. Reduced errors due to
Rx legibility
ADVANTAGES OF E-RX
2. Concurrent software screens for
drug interactions
A prescription software can detect drug interaction in a
certain medication order of a particular
patient
ADVANTAGES OF E-RX
Reduced incidence of
altered or forged Rx
ADVANTAGES OF E-RX Efficiency for both
prescriber and Rph
