Pharmacists or Pharmacy Techs, I Have a Question?
Question by Amauter Bodybuilder Brad: Pharmacists or Pharmacy Techs, I have a question?
I am enrolled in a pharmacy tech program, I’m looking for a website that has examples of prescriptions or just a bunch of untranslated sigs. My book has a good amount but I’m looking for more so I can get all my translations down. Any help is much appreciated.
oh no that is not what i meant I have all of those in my books I’m looking for the sig the actual prescription untranslated written out, for example… 2 po qpm ac. Something like that, and a website with a lot of them.
Best answer:
Answer by xbrianna00x
As a pharmacy tech I don’t even come in contact with prescriptions honestly. We have a machine that does it all. All we do is bag what the machine gives us and send them off. Before I knew this though, I looked up some. Here were the most useful they said, but I’m sure your book has them.
AC: before eating
Bid: twice a day
C: with
DC: discontinue
FU: Follow up
HO: History of
HS: at bed time
HX: History
MVI: Multivitamin
NAD: No active disease
NED: No evidence of disease
NKDA: No known drug allergies
NPO: Nothing by mouth
PDR: Physicians drug reference
PRN: pro re nata (as needed)
Qd: Quaque die (every day)
Qh: Quaque hora (every hour)
Qid: Quarter in die (4x per day)
Qod: Every other day
QS: Quantum satis (as much as needed)
Rx: Treatment
Tid: ter in die (3x a day)
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