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PART 2 Dealing with Prescriptions

Objectives
• Understand the key elements of effective communication skills when filling a
prescription.
• Learn the different types of questioning & approaches when communicating with
patients regarding their prescription.

When we are talking about dispensing medicines. A pharmacist must take reasonable
steps to ensure that prescription or order is consistent with the safety of the patient. Normally
both pharmacists who work in the hospital and working in drug stores definitely receive a
prescription and then they need to consider “ Is this item allowed?” .The pharmacist roles have
more process not only dispensing a prescription but also dispensing a controlled drug that they
may suspect the drugs and substantial potential for abuse and misuse of these medicines.
Nowadays, The prescribing system has been developed to the electronic prescription
service(EPS) enables prescriptions to be sent electronically from prescriber to pharmacy via
https://psnc.org.uk/dispensing-supply/eps/
When you receiving prescriptions
When the pharmacist first receive a prescription, they must check

• Is This prescription valid?

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