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Dispensing Labels and Caution Codes
Dispensing practices that want to print dispensing labels with the prescriptions should first check and amend the label design from the Vision front menu, selecting Drug Labels from the Modules menu.
The printer responsible for label printing should be set up in Options – Setup – Printers from the Vision front menu. Some long drug names ie those with a long dm+d name are shortened for label printing.
Dispensing drug labels can be printed at the same time as the prescription is printed, or separately at a later time (see Printing Dispensing Drug, Pack and Bag Labels and Caution Codes).
On the Therapy Print screen, you can also print dispensing labels for items where no script is printed, as the item is still dispensed. The GP or nurse then handwrites the script.
Note - If Enable Print Labels checked box is checked in Modules – Drug Label Design, then on the Print Therapy – Add screen when printing a script, the Drug Labels box will be checked so drug labels will be printed usually. If you are a dispensing practice, a dispensing patient (marked in Registration) will automatically have this box ticked. But if you do not want drug labels to be printed for dispensing patients, then uncheck the Enable Print Labels checked box. Note that patients are marked individually as dispensing rather than prescribing patients in the Registration module, under Registration - Other.
Dispensed items in packs can have pack labels printed, one for each pack. This will happen automaticallyif the item is marked as P/Admin and if the item has a pack size selected. The number of pack labels printed is the quantity divided by an appropriate pack size, for example, 56 tablets dispensed in two packs of 28 will print two pack labels – see Pack Size and Pack Labels.
Note - You can also print dispensing bag labels to hold the dispensed items. Bag labels are non-drug-specific and include the patient's details, address, requesting GP and number of items prescribed (their design can be amended – see Dispensing Bag Label Design ).
Caution Codes, with warning messages, can be allocated to drugs and printed on dispensing labels (see Caution Codes – add, view, remove, edit). If printing multiple drug labels, the drug label will print first, followed by its caution code label.
To view any existing caution codes attached to a therapy item, when you have the drug dictionary listed on the Select drug screen, right mouse click on the therapy line and select Caution Codes. You can also see caution codes from the preview window. See Preview Dispensing Label.
You can add Caution codes (warning messages) appropriate to the drug which will then be printed on the dispensing label, for example, Allow to dissolve under the tongue, or If affected, do not drive or operate machinery. Avoid alcoholic drink.
Some of these messages are standard and cannot be edited. If you want to change the wording of a standard message, add another similar message with your wording and reassign it to the appropriate drugs. Editing or deleting caution messages will be effective throughout the system and will affect all drugs to which the message is attached.
You may also define your own caution code messages.
