What is a Prescription?
Answer(s): A
An order for a medication issued by a licensed medical practitioner, required if the medicine requires medical supervision because the drug is unsafe
Forms of a prescription
1. Written from an office2. Phoned in by the office (only Rphs or interns canreceive) Exceptions of CI|'s.3. The office can fax or transmit the prescription through the computer. (NO CI|'s) ALSO: CII NO REFILLS. Controls 3-5 can only have a total of 6 fills, so a prescription must be written with 5 refills if it is a control, good for 6 months only. All other non-controls written PRN or with 12 refills are good only a year from the date the prescription
Difference between a prescription order and a medication order
Prescription order is GIVEN to the patient to have filled. A medication order is written by a physician in an institution and kept in ONE sheet of paper in a file for all staff to use.
Refill requests procedure
Technicians can do refill requests, they must provide:-pharmacy NAME and PHONE number-patients NAME and DOB -drug NAME,STRENGTH, DOSAGE(QUANTITY)-directions to confirm NO CHANGE-date of LAST REFILLWhen refills are authorized document the number of refills, the date, and the name of the person authorizing.
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