Two settings control the number of drug labels that will be printed for each patient assigned to a Nursing Home with a Blister pack Dosage System. When in the Dosage System Maintenance Screen:
Setting one, Cards Per: (setting 2 is NOT Ticked)
Week:
If this option is selected, TouchStore Rx assumes you are filling Blister packs every month and will fill all required medication for a week for each patient in one pack. Four labels will always be printed per drug with this option.
Day:
If this option is selected, TouchStore Rx assumes you are filling Blister packs every month and will fill all required medication for a day for each patient in one pack. Seven labels will always be printed per drug with this option.
Round:
If this option is selected, TouchStore Rx assumes you are filling Blister packs on a weekly basis and will fill all drugs in one pack for each patient. One Label will always be printed per drug with this option.
Setting Two, Separate Label Per Round:
When ticked, this check box indicates that you fill a separate Blister pack for each round that the patient receives medication, affecting the number of labels required. Each of the options for setting one is re-explained below:
Week:
As above, the system assumes you require four labels per drug, but also calculates the number of times the drug is taken. So if the patient takes a drug once in the morning and once in the afternoon, eight labels will be printed.
- If the patient is on one drug, then four Labels will be printed.
- If the patient is on two drugs, then eight labels will be printed.
- If the patient is on three drugs, then a twelve-label will be printed. etc.
Day:
This is an unlikely scenario, but the system will allow it to be configured. As above, the system assumes you require seven labels, but also makes a calculation for the number of times the Patient required the drug in a day. So if the patient takes a drug twice a day, the system will print 14 labels.
- If the patient is on one drug, then the seven-label will be printed.
- If the patient is on two drugs, then a fourteen-label will be printed.
- If the patient is on three drugs, then the twenty-one label will be printed. etc.
Round:
As above, TouchStore Rx will print one label per patient, but also makes a calculation on the number of drugs taken, so if a patient is on two drugs 2 labels are printed, three drugs, three labels, etc.
- If the patient is on one drug, then one Label will be printed.
- If the patient is on two drugs, then two labels will be printed.
- If the patient is on three drugs, then three labels will be printed. etc.
The Test Button:
When the Test button is selected (Keyboard: Alt & T), a demonstration of the number of labels that would be printed with the current configuration is displayed. It is HIGHLY recommended that you try several configurations, clicking the Test button with each setup tried to confirm that you are happy that the correct number of labels will be printed.
