George,
>How can you dispense an illegible prescription?
1. Guess
2. Phone the surgery and have the receptionist guess
3. Actually speak to the prescriber and see if they remember (or guess)
My favourite was a GP who always answered with "And what does it look like
to you?"
and always agreed with my suggestion. So one day I tried an experiment and
suggested
something it didn't look like. He agreed again:(
> What's there to complain
>about - if you're not illiterate then send it back until you get one
>that a reasonable person can be expected to read and dispense safely
>from.
And leave the patient to carry the can?
Regards
Jeff Green
Community Locum and Consultant Pharmacist
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