Dispensing Bag Label Design

Dispensing Bag Labels can be printed from the Print Therapy screen for use on the bag(s) containing a number of dispensed therapy items. Bag labels are non-drug specific. The default number of bag labels can be determined in the setup design, but you can overwrite this on the Print Therapy – Add screen.

The design of the Dispensing bag label is set in Modules – Drug Label Design – Dispensing Bag Labels (you can also alter the Dispensing Drug Labels Design from here as well).

The default design has a maximum of ten lines. The second line is the Patient Details. Lines 1, 3, 4, 7, 9 and 10 are blank. Line 5 is the Patient Address, Line 6 the Requesting GP. Line 8 shows the Total items Prescribed.

The drug, bag and specimen labels use a fixed number of characters per label (45 by 10). This is designed to print on a 3.8 x 1.45 inch label using the default font sized specified (in genprint). If the font size is adjusted, then it is technically possible to print on a different label size.

1. Select Modules – Drug Label Design, then the Dispensing Bag Label tab.
2. You can drag and drop items from the Available Fields on to the left-hand label design and vice versa. You do not need to keep to the above default order of lines, but can move items around on the design window using drag and drop. The Blank Line and the Patient Identifier are two optional items not used in the default design.
3. Alternatively, click with your mouse within the left-hand design window and position the yellow line with up/down arrows where you want the item to be inserted. Then highlight an item in Available Fields, and either click on Add; or just double click on an Available Fields item.

   Patient Details – this line is mandatory and cannot be removed. It include the surname, forename and date of birth. If the Patient Sex (in Patient Details) box is ticked, then male/female is included on this line. If the Patient Identifier (in Patient Details) box is ticked, then the NHS No will be included in England and Wales, and the CHI number in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

   Patient Address – this the default 5^th line.

   Requesting GP – the clinician adding this therapy item.

   Total items Prescribed – the default 8^th line. This shows the total items prescribed on the current date (blank if zero).

   Prompt Default number of labels – If ticked, a prompt will be shown to ask how many bag labels are to be printed.

   Default Number of Labels – Set this at least to 1.

   The box Enable Print Labels checked cannot be checked for bag labels.

   You can do a Print Test.

4. Click OK to finish.

Dispensing Bag Labels can be printed from the Print Therapy screen.