Filling OTCs in Blister Packs for Non-Retail Patients

This prescription would need to be refilled weekly to obtain a label set for the blister pack. The prescription should not appear on financial reports, since no pharmacy inventory is being dispensed.

The prescription should be filled using group Rx status P - First Fill Print Only. This allows the prescription to be filled and refilled without creating billing - the price of the prescription will be $0.00. This group Rx status allows the prescription to appear on various reports such as Blister and Dosett reports, but it will not appear on financial reports. The prescription will therefore not affect gross profit values.

Note: You can also customize the description of group Rx status code P. The description appears beside the status code in Rx Detail and on various reports. Customizing the description is way to standardize the use of the code throughout all non-retail groups.

To Fill a Prescription using Group Rx Status ‘P’:

Once the prescription is filled using group Rx status ‘P’, the code will be retained for refills.

1. Create the new or refill prescription as usual.
2. In Rx Detail, select P from the group Rx status dropdown list in the main tab of Rx Detail. The prescription price automatically changes to $0.00.

3. Continue filling the prescription as usual.

To Customize the Group Rx Status Description

The group Rx status description only needs to changed once. The customized description will apply to all current and future non-retail groups.

1. Press the More > List Maint.
2. Select Group Rx Status from the dropdown list at the top of the window.
3. For status code P, enter your customized Description (e.g. OTCs provided by patient).

4. Press the OK button.