Often medications go Medication brand changes occurs frequently in pharmacies due to out of stock or a decision has been made to change the existing brand in usestocks or change in suppliers. You have the flexibility to swap from one medication brand to another brand with the same strengthof equivalence.
\uD83D\uDCD8 Instructions
Follow the steps below steps to swap drug brands using Brand Swap. medication brands:
From the left menu bar, select Brand Swap.
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In Step 1. Select Original Drug to Swap from
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, from the drop-down list, select the brand you will no longer be using E.g. Panamax 500mg Tab (PANX1).
The
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drop-down list displays active medication brands in your patient profiles only.
Equivalent brands with the same generic and strength to the selected drug are displayed in Step 2.
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Select the new brand you will be using moving forward E. g. Paracetamol (APO) 500mg, 100 Tab (APOP2).
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In Step 3. Select Patients to Swap Drug for → All Patient Groups is set by default, however you can filter
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by Patient Groups to narrow your patient search.
Select
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patients to apply brand swap
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Patients with No Brand Substitution
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selected for the drug will be flagged and
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excluded from brand swap.
Select Next
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You will be directed to Brand Swap Summary.
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The start date
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is set to today’s date by default. However, you can select a future date for the brand swap to align with your next packing cycle.
Transfer Medication Balance is
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enabled by default. This will transfer any remaining virtual pill balance for the previous brand to the new brand. If you wish to not
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transfer the balance,
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turn off the switch by dragging to
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the left.
Check
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all details are correct, and click Swap Medication to complete brand swap.
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Patient set for brand Brand swap is a non-reversible process. If an error was made, you can access the brand swap history in Logs and manually switch them back againswap patients back to original brand. |
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