Drugs can be dispensed from the clinical record. This process adds the drug to the clinical record and invoice for the animal, and enables printing of labels for the dispensed drugs.
All fees, drugs used and dispensed during the consultation should be entered here so that they appear on the animal's clinical record. Drug labels can be printed for the drugs that are dispensed, but are not needed for the items administered during the consultation.
To dispense a drug
Go to: Clients menu > Client Details > select client > select animal > Record > Drugs tab.
For each drug that you wish to dispense, click the Stock Code arrow, and then select the drug that you wish to dispense. Alternatively, use the Description list arrow to search for the drug you wish to dispense.
The Description, Dose Rate, Unit of Sale, Stock Fee, Expiry Date and Stock Notes fields are populated automatically when a stock item is selected.
Type the quantity that you wish to dispense into the Quantity field.
VisionVPM will automatically default the Quantity field to 1.
Click the Label Code arrow, and then double-click the instructions that you wish to display on the drug label.
The drug's expiry date can be overtyped if required.
You can manually enter the dispensing instructions in the Animal Treatment Only field, if required.
To clear the details of the selected drug from the various fields, click Clear Drug.
Click Add Drug to add the drug to the invoice list.
To remove a drug from the list of dispensed drugs, select the drug and click Delete Drug.
To print drug labels, select the drugs requiring labels from the list of dispensed drugs, and click Print.
To select multiple drugs, hold CTRL as you click on each drug.
When all drugs have been entered, click Save.
Results
The dispensed drugs will automatically be displayed on the Client Invoice/Activity window when you create an invoice from the clinical record.
The drugs that are attached to a clinical record can be viewed from the Animal Details window by clicking the History tab, selecting a clinical record, and then clicking the Drugs tab.
To print drug labels
From the Clinical Record window, from the list of dispensed drugs, select the drugs for which you wish to print labels, and click Print.
Select a report destination, and click OK.
The drug labels will print to the selected destination.
