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Printing Dispensing Drug, Pack and Bag Labels and Caution Codes

Dispensing labels can be printed after printing its prescription or separately.

  1. Select either the Repeat Masters or Therapy Acute screen and select the required therapy item(s) and mark > (see Print Acute Prescription and Issue and print repeats).
  2. Click on the Print icon or press F9 on your keyboard,
  3. If printing a dispensing drug label at the same time as the prescription:
    • Make sure that Drug Labels is checked on the Print Therapy screen. If you want to print a label for a bag to hold the dispensed items, also tick the Bag Labels box and check the number of bag labels is correct (the default number is set in Modules - Label Design - Dispensing Bag Label). Click on the Print icon again or press F9 on your keyboard. If an item has any Caution Codes, the Caution Codes screen will be displayed and printed in turn for each item selected. See step 4.
    • If you want to print a dispensing drug label separately from printing the prescription, and particularly if you want to print a label for an issue of a Therapy Repeat item:
    • Display the Therapy Acute/Issues list, press F9 on your keyboard, and at the Print Therapy screen, make sure Print Labels is not ticked. Press F9 on your keyboard or click on Print icon to print the prescription. Later, re-display the Therapy list, select the item(s) so they are marked >. Then click on , the Label Printing icon. See step 4 below.
  4. If the Caution Codes screen displays, this lists all the messages that have been attributed to each therapy item in turn, eg For External Use Only for creams, or Warning, May Cause Drowsiness. The dispensing label for the related therapy item will include this caution code in addition to the patient's name and the therapy details.

    Once you click on Close at the Caution Codes screen, the dispensing drug label will be printed.

    The default drug label design includes the caution code, the surgery name and address, the patient's name, date of birth, the date of the original issue (in the case of repeat therapy, this is the original date or the date of re-authorising), the drug name, form and strength, quantity and dosage code.