Shouldn't there be a class in med school called Legible Writing 101, cant they take 2 seconds to write it down clearly AHHHHHHHHH /endrant :mad:


every time someone comes in with one of those printed rx's i wanna jump over the counter and hug them.

Yeah, I agree. It's time that doctors take equal share in the responsibility for patient safety. If they don't want their days interrupted with phone calls asking for clarification, then they need to write it down neatly the first time.

If the patient can't read it, they can't modify it. There is an upside to everything. ;)

If the patient can't read it, they can't modify it. There is an upside to everything. ;)

A drug addict can and will do anything to get his/her drugs (whether or not they have to take time to modify it). :(

If the patient can't read it, they can't modify it.

who told you our secret?!?!?! :mad:

worst case scenario:

http://www.sfexaminer.com/articles/2005/04/27/peninsula/20050427_pe05_chemo.txt

Ive actually heard of a education class exclusively for physicians on how to write more legibally.. i wish i could find the website..

^ haha, here it is:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/docs05.shtml

There is a big difference between what the average citizen view as illegible and what the trained eye of a pharmacists views as illegible.

A drug addict can and will do anything to get his/her drugs (whether or not they have to take time to modify it). :(

We had a forged prescription this summer. The sheriff came, but the guy was gone by the time he got there. It was a typed prescription. They are much easier to forge.