does anyone out there have a criteria list for starting patients on a dosette box...or would you start one for the little old lady who walked into your shop asking for one??
Do you do assessments on the patients to see if they "really" need one?
Registered Pharmacist
does anyone out there have a criteria list for starting patients on a dosette box...or would you start one for the little old lady who walked into your shop asking for one??
Do you do assessments on the patients to see if they "really" need one?
Newly registered in 1981
Yes, because it is a lot of work otherwise.Originally Posted by crit care
I'm convinced that the route should be...
Normal dispensing > Normal dispensing plus a MAR chart with training > dosette
Normal dispensing plus a MAR chart with training is a lot easier to keep up with.
Those who do not even need one want dosette and want it delivered as they look cool and make medication look important.
They will be the straw that breaks community pharmacy as we clammer to do more of them and some of us even do weekly fills on a monthly script just to keep the business.
Where am I?; In the Pharmacy.
Who are you?; The new Number 2.
Who is number 1?; You are number 6.
What do you want?;..................
Registered Pharmacist
so what sort of assessments do you do? how can you assess if a patient needs prompting, they could be all talk just to get a spanky new dosette box lol
Newly registered in 1981
Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 · Regulations · PSNC
Link on there doesn't seem to work anymore.
Where am I?; In the Pharmacy.
Who are you?; The new Number 2.
Who is number 1?; You are number 6.
What do you want?;..................
Newly registered in 1981
But thanks to Google Cache...
Disability Discrimination Act - A Resource Kit - NHS Primary Care Commissioning
Where am I?; In the Pharmacy.
Who are you?; The new Number 2.
Who is number 1?; You are number 6.
What do you want?;..................
An beagle le dearcadh
Hey lads..
Here's our previous discussion on this topic..
Monitored Dosage Systems..God-send or Nightmare?
Good to bring it up again though..OK some people need a dosette..most people do not. In my view they are usually a complete waste of time, money, and constitute more of a risk than a benefit when well-meaning relatives start mucking about with them, claim they didn't, and blame the pharmacy for getting it wrong. These things are nothing more than a liable case waiting to happen. Avoid.
Fleeg.
Newly registered in 1981
... and don't forget that no one will give proper stability in MDS data to back us up!
Where am I?; In the Pharmacy.
Who are you?; The new Number 2.
Who is number 1?; You are number 6.
What do you want?;..................
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote