DISPENSING

PRACTICE 1
PRACTICAL 2:
DISPENSING SOLID
DOSAGE FORMS –
SINGLE PREPARATION
10th July, 2017
Student Name: 1. ______________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________

OBJECTIVES:

After completing this practical session, students should be able to:

1. Read and interpret a prescription.
2. Screen a prescription for errors/discrepancies.
3. Calculate the number of tablets to supply.
4. Fill and label the medicines completely.
5. Find information about drugs to be dispensed.
6. Communicate with the patient and effectively convey important message for appropriate
medication usage.

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Study Prescription 1 and answer the following questions.

PRESCRIPTION 1

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50 Y

Y N Marks
1 Prescription screening: deductable
a Prescription date 3
b Prescription serial number 3
c Patient’s name 55
d Patient’s registration number 3
e Patient’s age 3
f Physician’s name 3
g Physician’s signature and stamp 3
h Drug dosage forms/routes of administration (tab, 3
cap, supp, PO, IV, IM, SC, LA, etc.) (for each drug
dispensed)
i Drug name (for each drug dispensed) 3
j Drug dosage (for each drug dispensed) 55
k Dosage frequency (for each drug dispensed) 55
l Duration of therapy (for each drug dispensed) 3

2 Labeling (for each drug dispensed):

a Date of dispensing 3
b Patient’s name 55
c Drug name (generic) and strength/concentration 3 – 55
d Dosage 55
e Frequency 55
f Additional labels 3 – 55

3 Dispensing technique:
a Greeting 3
b Patient identity verification 3
c Name and general indication (for each drug 3
dispensed)
d Method of administration/use (swallow, apply, 3 – 55
instill, put under the tongue, etc.) (for each drug
dispensed)
e Dosage (for each drug dispensed) 55
f Frequency (for each drug dispensed) 55
g Special instruction(s)/advice(s)/possible side- 3 – 55
effects (for each drug dispensed)
h Confirmation of patient’s understanding 3

4 Others:
3
a Duration of supply 3
b Quantity supplied (for each drug dispensed) 3 – 55
c Calculations for extemporaneous preparations 3 – 55
d Methods of preparation 3 – 55
e Others 3 – 55
Minimum marks obtainable 0