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They provide concurrent software screens for drug allergy checks.

Directions to the patient.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Therapeutically appropriate.

Complete instructions for the patient or caregiver.

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

Prescriber information and signature.

Bar coding for accurate product dispensing and administration.

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

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

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

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

They reduce the incidence of altered or forged prescriptions.

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

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

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

They improve efficiency for both prescribers and pharmacists.

Patient information.

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

Refill and/or generic substitution authorization.

Nationally accepted standards.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The date of the order and its currency for filling.

Ingredients and quantities.

Electronically.

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

Inpatient or outpatient settings.

Reduced errors due to prescription legibility.

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

Integrate capital or 'all man' letters.

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

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

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

Twenty-three hundred hours.

A process to assure order accuracy in medication.

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

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

They allow for checks on drug interactions through integrated software.

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

The Subscription.

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

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

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

Prescription Requests/Renewals.

To designate quantities of medication.

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

A digital version of a patient's paper chart.

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

'Right eye' or 'left eye'.

The medication prescribed.

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

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

View Medication History.

Patient Coverage Information.

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

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

It must be correct.

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

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

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

A prescription number.

Medication History.

Sig (Directions for Medication Use).

It provides an unambiguous expression of time.

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

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

Verbal reinforcement of the instructions.

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

Dose, preparation strength, dosage form, and quantity.

Order Prescription.

Clinical Decision Support Information & Alerts.

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

Age, weight, and/or body surface area.

The date the prescription was written.

The pharmacy-imprinted serial number.

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

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

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

Patient's Preferred Pharmacy.

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

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

Clarity and completeness of directions for use.

Diagnosis.

Patient Medication Education Information.

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

Seek clarification from the prescriber.

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