1. Packaging After compounding packaging of prescription should be done.
For packaging following containers are used
Round vials
Oval bottles
Wide mouth bottles
Colored bottles
Collapsible tubes
Paper wrappers
Dropper bottles

2. Labeling The filled container should be suitably labeled.
The label should be affixed on smooth surface of bottle

3. Label information's Type of prescription Name, age & sex of patient
Date of dispensing
Storage condition
Name & address of pharmacy
In case of liquid preparation attach auxiliary label
Route of administration

4. Labelling of dispensed medicines
Purpose of labels:
Maximising the benefits of the therapy
Improving the patient’s understanding of the treatment
Enhancing compliance
Minimising adverse effects.
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5. Labelling of dispensed medicines
Guidelines in labelling:
The placement of the dispensing label on the product largely determined by the design of the medicine package and the manufacturer’s label.
The dispensing label is to be firmly attached to the immediate container (including each component of multiple-therapy packs) unless the immediate container is so small or is so constructed that the label would compromise the patient’s ability to use the medicine (e.g. metered aerosols and some eye drops).
In such instances, the label should be attached to the primary pack or alternatively, purpose-designed labelling tags or ‘winged’ labels may be used.
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6. Labelling of dispensed medicines
The label should be clearly and legibly printed in unambiguous and understandable language.
The special needs of patients with disabilities, such those with poor eyesight, should be accommodated and the patient adequately informed.
The label should be placed to leave visible any of the manufacturer’s statements that may be important to the patient, including the expiry date, storage conditions and where possible, the name and strength of the drug.
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7. What should be found in labels?
The brand and generic names of the medicine, the strength, the dose form and the quantity supplied; for extemporaneously prepared medicines and medicines not dispensed by count, the name and strength of each active ingredient, and the name and strength of any added preservatives or the name of the formula as described in a standard reference book
Specific directions for use, including frequency and dose
The patient’s name or, in the case of an animal, the owner’s name and the kind of animal
The date of dispensing or supply
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8. Personalized illustrated daily medication schedule.

9. The dispenser’s (and if different, the checking pharmacist’s) initials
Or A unique identifying code
The name, address and telephone number of the pharmacy or pharmacy department at which the prescription was dispensed
Storage directions (where important) and expiry date (where applicable)
The words ‘Keep out of reach of children’.
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10. Rechecking Each prescription should be rechecked
After labeling container should be thoroughly polished to remove finger prints
Recording
A variety of prescription files are available which serve to maintain and preserve original prescription in numerical order

11. Pricing of Prescription :
The prescription should be priced immediately after receiving it & informed the patient about it.
This should be done before starting the assembly of medicines or compounding to avoid any dispute.

12. Delivering the prescription
Three types
Store Delivery
Home Delivery
Mail Delivery

13. The most common problem!

14. HOW MANY???

15. Dispensing medicines as a core competency
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16. Dispensing is a core competency of a pharmacist
Is an important part of pharmacy, in which the pharmacist or the pharmacy aide (under the direct supervision of the pharmacist) interprets the prescriber’s requirements on the prescription and accordingly supplies medicines to the patient or his/her representative.
A pharmacist must take reasonable steps to ensure that the dispensing of a medicine in accordance with a prescription or order is consistent with the safety of the person named in that prescription or order.
In dispensing a prescription, a pharmacist has to exercise an independent judgment to ensure the medicine is safe and appropriate for the patient, as well as that it conforms to the prescriber’s requirements. If there is any doubt, the prescriber is to be contacted.
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17. What is “competency”?
Competence is a generic term referring to a person’s overall capacity
Competencies are made up of the attributes of knowledge, skills and attitudes.
Competency Standards ‘define the competencies required for effective performance in employment’.
‘A competency comprises the specification of knowledge and skill and the application of that knowledge and skill within an occupation or industry level, to the standard of performance required in employment’

18. Workplace Competency
Competence within professions is characterised by a body of knowledge, skills and values.
Demonstration and interpretation of these attributes depends on multiple circumstances including the disposition of the individual practitioner, the individual client, the professional role, the professional task & environmental settings & policies.
Competence is a relative term dependent on context.

19. What the pharmacist should know (Group 1)
What Competencies are required for Good Dispensing Practices- Group Discussion
What the pharmacist should know (Group 1)
What skills a pharmacist should have (Group 2)
What a pharmacist’s attitude should be (Group 3)

20. What Competencies are required for Good Dispensing Practices- Summary of Discussions
What the pharmacist should know
Pharmacotherapy
Drugs-XYZ interactions
How to interpret and fill a prescription
What skills a pharmacist should have:
Counselling
Use of relevant software
What a pharmacist’s attitude should be
The welfare of the patient is of utmost importance
This is the most important task in pharmacy
This is my calling, my contribution to society