Mary,
>2. Ordering - how Y2000 are the local pharmacy's
>computerised ordering systems?
There's a telephone or hand-written order pad back up.
Might cause chaos but not disaster.
>4. Storage if delivered
Assuming no electricity? Pharmacy ought to be pretty cold
then (no heating)
>My gut reaction is to prescribe all patients on
>*vital* medication sufficient for 3 months *before*
31.12.99
Make that before 9.9.99
>.... but if we all did that,
>would the manufacturers be able to supply the
>demand... unless it was planned?
Probably not.
>PS. Would a wine-cooler keep insulin at a safe temperature?
For a while, but then again I remember the days when
pharmacies didn't have fridges.
Regards
Jeff Green
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