[Pharmanaut]

Originally Posted by Linnear

I know that this is from The Sun but it is scarily close to my remarks whenthe EPB was asked to consult on these documents!

Health | NHS | 'Patronising' guide to labels | The Sun |HomePage|News

Seemed an expensive document to say something which my 6 year old daughter could have worked out after standing in a dispensary for two hours.

A lot of the reading in this document is a must for all students to read during their vacation from passing 'A' level before going up to Uni. Howeve,r we should not be as dismissive and at least read it for ourselves.

There are two nuggets in my view.
1. Do not dispense from labels. Always dispense from the Prescription. This is OK for now, but what happens when there is no prescription? EPSR2?
2. When a patient collects their medication the final final check is to unpack the bag and go through each item and dose as you pack it in the bag.


I'd like to get a discussion going on point 2, but please read it for yourself first - I may have interepreted it incorrectly.

As for how to sit a computer - who sits in a pharmacy?
Additionally the way some computer systems are arranged it is neither comfortable to use them standing up or sitting down. If this was an office environment it would not be tolerated.