Screening prescription

The purpose of this guide is to ensure that medicines are dispensed in accordance
with the laws and guidelines mentioned above in both government and private
healthcare facilities and that patients receive the medicines correctly through which
adherence can be improved, occurrence of adverse reactions minimised and
medication errors avoided.

On receiving a prescription, it should be screened and validated to ensure that it is

for the correct patient and it complies with the requirements, The prescription
should be written legibly or printed, The prescription should have the following
information about Patient Details and Prescription Details, patien details include
name, address, and age patient. For prescription detail include Drug regimen (name
of Address medicine, dose, frequency, administration, and duration), Doctor’s
signature, stamp and registration number, Doctor’s name and address, Date of
prescribing.

The person receiving the prescription should check for:

o Dose, frequency and duration

o Drug interactions, medicine duplication, polypharmacy, inappropriate
drug therapy, contra-indications.
o Allergies
o Unusual usage and suspected drug misuse or abuse.
For partial medicine supply, ensure that the second or subsequent supply does
not exceed the quantity for the duration prescribed.

Question:

1. What is the purpose of prescription sreening?

The purpose of this is that patients receive the medicines correctly through which
adherence can be improved, occurrence of adverse reactions minimised and
medication errors avoided
2. how to make screening prescription properly using procedure text?
a. On receiving a prescription, it should be screened and validated to ensure
that it is for the correct patient and it complies with the requirements,
b. The prescription should be written legibly or printed,
c. The prescription should have the following information about Patient
Details and Prescription Details.

Patien Details Prescription Detail

Name Drug regimen (name of
Address Address medicine, dose,
age frequency, administration, and
duration)
Doctor’s signature, stamp and
registration number,
Doctor’s name and address,
Date of prescribing.

Sumber: Anonim. 2006. Guide to good dispensing practice. Malaysia:

pharmaceutical services division ministry of health malaysia.