Reducing patients’ waiting time at the out-patient pharmacy by dispensing repeat prescriptions on appointment basis (s.m.a.r.t)

• In: Hospital Pharmacy - Posters
• At: Istanbul (Turkey) (2009)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: HPS-P-062
• By: LOGANADAN, Navin Kumar (Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• Co-author(s): Mohd Nur, Noorulashikin (Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  Ariffin, Fudziah (Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  Lim, Sin Yeen (Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  Mohd Latiff, Izrul Azwa (Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  Albert Gunaratnam, Cynthia (Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  Kon, Ee Wen (Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  Saidi, Faridah (Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  Muhammad, Zainab (Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  Nair, Anita (Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  Hamzah, Mulizah (Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  Man, Julia (Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  
• Abstract:

  Introduction: Repeat prescriptions which are often for long durations and have multiple drugs undeniably take longer time to refill compared to the non-repeat prescriptions. This may contribute to longer waiting time for patients at the pharmacy. In the conventional practice, patients come to refill their repeat prescriptions every two months by

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