Interpretation of Pharmacy Prescriptions and Medication Orders

Luckily, many prescriptions are no longer handwritten but computer-generated and are transmitted electronically to the pharmacy. However, some prescriptions are handwritten and being a pharmacist, you have to manage to read the doctor’s handwritten prescription. This video will help you to understand the prescriptions by explaining how to translate the Latin abbreviations used by healthcare providers on prescriptions so that you can protect yourself from prescribing errors.