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To designate quantities of medication.

Quantity of medication to be dispensed and/or quantity to be taken per dose.

A process to assure order accuracy in medication.

To prevent unauthorized copying, modification, or counterfeiting of prescriptions.

Careful reading, filling (including calculations), checking, and dispensing of the prescription.

Security paper, erase-resistant paper, thermochromatic ink, and/or imbedded holograms.

By matching a drug package bar code with the prescription order or a patient's coded wrist band.

Matching the drug's bar code to a patient's coded wrist band in a patient care facility.

The word 'VOID' appears on them due to thermochromatic ink.

The computer-to-computer transfer of prescription information between authorized prescribers, pharmacies, intermediaries, and payers.

Nationally accepted standards.

Into an automated data entry system using a personal computer or handheld device loaded with e-prescribing software.

It is sent to a pharmacy as an e-prescription.

Inpatient or outpatient settings.

To ensure each prescription is correct in form and content, appropriate for the patient, and accurately filled, labeled, dispensed, and administered.

Therapeutically appropriate.

It must be correct.

An order for medication issued by a physician or licensed medical practitioner.

A digital version of a patient's paper chart.

A specific dosage to be prepared and dispensed by a pharmacist.

Real-time, patient-centered records available instantly and securely to authorized users.

It must be dispensed in the correct strength and dosage form.

Reduced errors due to prescription legibility.

By computer (e-prescription), telephone, or FAX.

Complete instructions for the patient or caregiver.

Medical history, diagnoses, medications, treatment plans, immunization dates, allergies, radiology images, and laboratory/test results.

They provide concurrent software screens for drug allergy checks.

It means 'recipe,' 'take thou,' or 'you take.'

They allow appropriate access and secure sharing of a patient's vital medical information to improve speed, quality, safety, and cost of patient care.

Each medication must be administered to the correct patient, at the correct time, and by the correct rate and route of administration.

They allow for checks on drug interactions through integrated software.

Name, address, number, and other pertinent information regarding the prescriber.

A system that allows physicians to order medications and provide other instructions for a patient's care electronically.

They reduce the incidence of altered or forged prescriptions.

The animal species, pet's name, and the name of the owner.

They improve efficiency for both prescribers and pharmacists.

Age, weight, and/or body surface area.

Patients' prescriptions are likely ready for pickup upon arrival at the pharmacy.

'Right eye' or 'left eye'.

Spell it out instead of using 'g.d'.

Spell it out rather than using 'g.i.d'.

Because of the profound difference between terms, such as mg/kg/day versus mg/kg/dose.

Integrate capital or 'all man' letters.

Provide clarity, e.g., 'Swallow one (1) capsule with water in the morning' instead of 'one cap in a.m.'.

Prescriber information and signature.

Patient information.

The date the prescription was written.

It is the Superscription, meaning 'take thou,' 'you take,' or 'recipe.'

The medication prescribed.

The correct drug, strength, dosage form, and quantity.

The Subscription.

It helps patients, especially older ones and those on multiple medications, understand the use of their medication.

Directions to the patient.

Bar coding for accurate product dispensing and administration.

Handwritten language by the prescriber, such as 'Brand necessary.'

The pharmacy-imprinted serial number.

A prescription number.

Patient and physician names, correct drug name, quantity, strength, pharmacist's initials, and number of refills.

To ensure the patient clearly understands how to use the medication.

Whether the tablets are to be taken at once or at separate specified times.

Verbal reinforcement of the instructions.

Without a decimal point and without a terminal zero (e.g., 4 mg, not 4.0 mg).

With a zero preceding the decimal point (e.g., 0.2 mg, not .2 mg).

Leave a space between a number and the unit (e.g., 10 mg, not 10mg).

Whole numbers when possible (e.g., use 100 mg, not 0.1 g).

Use full names of drugs and not abbreviations (e.g., use phenobarbital, not PB).

Use USP designations (e.g., use g for grams, not Gm or gas; use mg for milligrams, not mgs or mgm).

Spell out 'units' (e.g., use 100 units, not 100 u or 100 U).

To avoid misinterpretation as I.V., meaning 'intravenous.'

To review each prescription and medication order in a step-by-step manner to detect errors and omissions.

Seek clarification from the prescriber.

Address, telephone number, DEA number, state license number, NPI, and signature.

The date of the order and its currency for filling.

Patient's age, weight, and/or other parameters.

Dose, preparation strength, dosage form, and quantity.

Clarity of any abbreviations, symbols, and/or units of measure.

Clarity and completeness of directions for use.

Refill and/or generic substitution authorization.

Expiration date, conditions for storage, and contraindications with foods or other medications.

View Medication History.

Medication History.

Ingredients and quantities.

Order Prescription.

Diagnosis.

Patient Coverage Information.

Sig (Directions for Medication Use).

Clinical Decision Support Information & Alerts.

Patient Medication Education Information.

Patient's Preferred Pharmacy.

In military, civilian life, hospitals, law enforcement, and emergency services.

Electronically.

It provides an unambiguous expression of time.

Prescription Requests/Renewals.

To record the time of a patient's admission, medication administration, and surgeries.

Twenty-three hundred hours.

To separate hours and minutes, e.g., 13:31 hours.

e.g., 1331:42 or 13:31:42.