A recipe written is a legal document that must be prepared with care. While there are some variations from state to state for prescriptions. The prescription basically has some parts that are ESSENTIAL for the correct medication.
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Parts of medical prescriptions
The recipe document consists of two parts:
Recipe body
It is the part destined for the pharmacist, the one that contains all the necessary information so that the patient can acquire their medication in the correct way. Which is the responsibility of the physician.
Patient Information Sheet
It can be included within the prescription or it can be another separate document. This page details the information necessary for the patient, regarding treatment and diagnosis, detailing all prescribed medications and products.
Prescription data
Within the prescription document, there are some essential and mandatory requirements for it to be valid and for the pharmacist to dispense the prescribed medication.
Drug data
Obviously, the prescription must include the trademark of the drug or its active ingredient. In addition, other data regarding the medication will have to appear, such as the dosage, the pharmaceutical form, the route of administration, the format, the number of containers required and the posology.
Some of these elements are generated automatically when the recipe is electronic, so they will only be required to be filled in in the case of manual recipes.
Patient’s data
The prescription will also have to carry the patient’s data, such as the name, with both surnames, and the year of birth; and the patient’s personal identification code if it is a public healthcare prescription.
If it is a prescription for private medical assistance, the patient’s DNI or NIE must appear, or a legal guardian in the case of minors.
Physician data
For the document to be valid, it must contain all the information related to the doctor who writes the prescription. In addition to the full name with the surnames, the prescription must include the collegiate number, the town and the address where it works.
It is vitally important that you stamp your personal signature on the prescription, or electronic signature in the case of electronic prescriptions; otherwise, the prescription will be invalid.
Other data
Although they are not as relevant as the previous ones, the document must be marked with the date the prescription was made. As well as the expected date to dispense the medication in case of chronic or renewable treatments, and the order number, also in case it is a long-term treatment.
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