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To create a Pharmacy Product
- In the Pharmacy Role Center, click Pharmacy Products in the top menu bar.
- Click the New action.
- The Pharmacy Product Card is displayed. The card has these FastTabs: General, Form & Strength, Form, and Pharmacy Items.
Note: The Strength Text field is automatically filled when the Form & Strength FastTab has been filled. - Fill in the fields in the FastTabs.
General FastTab
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Product ID | Here you enter an ID for the Pharmacy Product. If a number series has been set up on the Pharmacy Inventory Setup page, the ID will appear automatically after you press the Tab key in the field. See How to: Set Up Pharmacy Inventory for more details. |
| Description | Here you type a description of the product. |
| Strength Text | Here you type in the product's strength text, for example 5 mg. Note: When you have filled out this field, the text in the Form & Strength FastTab is automatically filled. |
| Product Type | Here you select the product type, for example RX that stands for Prescription Items. |
| Default Item Type | Here you select the default item type, for example R that stands for Requires Prescription. |
| Default Profile | Here you select the default product profile. This can be useful and save a lot of work for the user when manually creating new products, for example setting up a default profile and posting groups. |
| Substance Group Code | Here you select a substance group for the product. |
| ATC Code | Here you select the correct ATC for the product according to the national medical list. |
| License No. | Here you type in the country specific number, usually displayed in the national pharmacy item master. |
| Is Drug | The value Yes should be selected for all Pharmacy Products. |
| Is OTC Item | Select this check box, if the product is an OTC item. |
| Requires Prescription | Select this check box, if the product requires a prescription. |
| Antidote | Here you specify if the product being created is an antidote. |
| Substitutable | Here you specify if the product can be substituted with another product. |
| Reason Not Substitutable | Here you write the reason if the product is not substitutable. |
| Available | Here you select if the product is available to be put on a prescription. |
| Available From Date | Here you select a date if you want the product to be available from a certain date. |
| Sales Stop | Here you select a date if the product is in a sales stop for some reason. |
| Sales Stop Comment | Here you can write a comment if the product is in a sales stop. |
| Deregistration Date | Here you can select the date for when the product was deregistered. |
| Group Item | Select this check box, if the product is an assembly product. |
| Control Group Code | Here you select a control group for the product, for example N that stands for narcotics. |
| Special Drug Code | Here you can define extra filtering on the groups, for example Blue pills. |
| Daily Dose | Here you can specify a daily dose for the product. This text also come directly from the issuer. |
| Daily Dose Unit Code | Here you can specify the unit code for the daily use, for example SPOON. |
| Max. Daily Doses | Internal use only. |
| Max. Allowed Units | Here you can specify the maximum allowed units of the pharmacy product to have in one prescription order. |
| Warning Text Code | Here you specify a warning text about the pharmacy product. The warning text appears in prescription order line. |
| Search Priority | Here you can set the priority for searching the pharmacy product when searching for generics. |
Form & Strength FastTab
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Strength | Here you type in the strength of the product, in numeric form. |
| Strength Unit Code | Here you select the unit code for the strength, for example MG. |
| Strength Text | Here the Strength and Strength Unit Code values are combined and displayed automatically, |
| Form Code | Here you select the form of the product, for example tablets, cream and so on. |
| Form Group Code | Here you select the form group for the pharmacy product, for example TABLETS. |
| Default Dose Text | Here you can specify the default daily dose text for the pharmacy product. The text will appear on the Prescription Order when the product is selected. |
Form FastTab
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Generic Drug Type | Here you select the generic drug type for the pharmacy product. This information comes from the Medicinal Products Price List. The options are:
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| Parallel Import From | If you selected Parallel Import in the previous field, you specify the country here. |
| Contains Lactose | Here you specify if the product contains lactose. |
| Contains Latex | Here you specify if the product contains latex. |
| Break Packs Allowed | Here you specify if the product should be allowed for breaking. |
| Broken Pack Exp. Calculation | If a calculation rule is needed for breaking the pack, you define the rule here. |
- When you have filled all necessary fields in the Pharmacy Product Card, click the New Pharmacy Item action.
- A window opens, where you type in the Pharmacy Item No., and click OK.
- The Pharmacy Item card opens for information to be filled in, see How to: Create a Pharmacy Item.
Note: You can start creating a Pharmacy Item in two ways:
- Click New Pharmacy Item action when you are on the Pharmacy Product Card (step 5 above), or
- From the Pharmacy Role Center, click Pharmacy Item in the top menu bar.
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