- Tunden a doctor for spreading political messages in his medical prescriptions.
- The legal or ethical?
- These were some of the user reactions.
Through networks, users flooded a Chilean doctor for issuing medical prescriptions with political messages.
Some of the reactions to the medical prescriptions were the following
“IT MAY BE LEGAL, THE PROBLEM IS ETHICAL. THE EXERCISE OF THE PROFESSION SHOULD NOT BE LINKED TO AN ELECTORAL PREFERENCE”.
“As far as I know, in the recipes only a minimum is required. (name, age, rut and in some cases address of the printing company). Now if someone wants to put other things on it, it is not regulated as far as I know”.
“The Medical College and Servel should rule on this propaganda in medical prescriptions. It is unethical, anti-professional, coercive and immoral.”
4 basic tips to make your medical prescriptions in Mexico
In that sense, you must make sure that all your prescriptions comply with the following elements to avoid confusion in patients. A misspelled word can completely affect your general directions.
Write the full names of the drugs
It is something that may seem obvious, but it is the first thing you should remember. The names of the drugs You must go complete and without abbreviations. It is easy for you to identify each one, but do not forget that patients are not health experts. It is even a way to avoid confusion with thePharmacy managers to ensure that the indicated drug is dispensed.
Avoid dosage confusion
One of the most frequent errors regarding the dosage occurs when units of measurement are confused. An example is milligrams and micrograms because they are both different, but if you abbreviate them they can seem the same.
A similar situation occurs with the duration of indicated treatment. When using abbreviations in the frequency of administration if you write “3xd” it can be interpreted by the patient as days or as doses.
Remember that in a matter of dosage, a failure of this type can be deadly. To avoid this type of confusion, it is preferable that the measurements also be written without abbreviations.
Dose, route and duration of treatment
The prescription must clearly include the dose of each medication, the route of administration and the duration of consumption of each one. In addition, it is not enough to write it down, but you must make a simple explanation to the patient at the end of the consultation and ask if everything is clear. In case of any doubt, it is necessary that you carefully repeat the instructions. In this way you avoid possible errors in the consumption of drugs and encourage correct adherence to treatment.
Full name of the doctor and professional license
It is compulsory for all medical prescriptions to include your personal data such as full name and professional ID. If you don’t, you can have legal problems and also the patient will not be able to buy controlled medications because they will deny the sale.
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