Walgreens RPh's: what goes into ENTERED vs. PRINT READY?

[chicagoboy1984]

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Hey everyone. For all of you who work at Walgreens, I am wondering: when refills are put in, do some go into ENTERED status to be re-verified by a pharmacist while some go to PRINT READY status (doesn’t need to be re-verified)? If yes, which drugs go into ENTERED status upon a refill? Controls? I use to work as an intern at WAGS but never got to verify, but now that I am an RPh (not for WAGS), I am wondering about that.

For all those refills that go into ENTERED status, do you guys re-verify the hardcopy like it was a new script?

At CVS, I know that you are technically suppose to verify the hardcopy scan upon each refill, which is a major hassle……

Thanks!

 

[wucool33]

Why is this even a question? of course you re-verify refills! doesn't matter if you work for CVS or WG. I can't begin to tell you how many mistakes I caught on refills. Are you saying you are currently not doing this because it's too much of a "hassle"?

 

[farmadiazepine]

I must be the only one who doesn't verify refills and just checks to make sure the pills are the right ones.

There are only a few refills I check though, warfarin, dilantin, tegretol, and some other narrow TI drugs, and maybe the first refill for a pediatric kid depending what the drug is.

 

[zelman]

Did one rotation there in 2010, so it's been a while, but from what I recall you only reverify the first or first and second refills. Third and beyond they skip to printing.

 

[owlegrad]

There are plenty of pharmacies where you do not check refills. Some pharmacies don't even have imaging capabilities.

 

[wucool33]

But all the big chains have the image capability now... It's there to improve patient safety. Why have a feature if no one uses it? I wouldn't even check refills if I didn't find so many mistakes on refills already :/ if I stop checking them, it'll definitely make my day a lot easier... Maybe I should stop checking them? Lol

 

[PharmDstudent]

You check the data for initial refills. If a pharmacist has checked the information twice, Walgreens assumes it's correct. DURs are a different story...

 

[fauxden]

I think that the first time it is refilled it goes to entered, after that I think it just prints... not 100% sure though

 

[zelman]

But all the big chains have the image capability now... It's there to improve patient safety. Why have a feature if no one uses it? I wouldn't even check refills if I didn't find so many mistakes on refills already :/ if I stop checking them, it'll definitely make my day a lot easier... Maybe I should stop checking them? Lol

Well, if people didn't spend 23 seconds checking every fill, you might find fewer errors on refills. Spending 60-100 seconds on the initial fill and first refill might make for more accuracy early on.

 

[All4MyDaughter]

But all the big chains have the image capability now... It's there to improve patient safety. Why have a feature if no one uses it? I wouldn't even check refills if I didn't find so many mistakes on refills already :/ if I stop checking them, it'll definitely make my day a lot easier... Maybe I should stop checking them? Lol

Target doesn't have imaging currently.

 

[omfgitslaura]

Target doesn't have imaging currently.

Really? How do they verify against the hard copy then? 0_o

 

[Angela1234]

It's not a hassle to check refills. I have caught misfills from it.

 

[All4MyDaughter]

Really? How do they verify against the hard copy then?
0_o

Yes, really.

For the first fill, you verify against the hard copy. For subsequent fills, you don't. When I worked for Kroger a number of years ago, they didn't have imaging in all stores yet, and in non-imaging stores, you didn't verify refills against the hard copy.

 

[wucool33]

Well, if people didn't spend 23 seconds checking every fill, you might find fewer errors on refills. Spending 60-100 seconds on the initial fill and first refill might make for more accuracy early on.

That's what I do. I spend more time on the initial fill. The problem is I float, so I can't really control what the regular staffs do.

 

[txpharmguy]

All new rx's and first refills get data reviewed. All subsequent refills don't

 

[chicagoboy1984]

All new rx's and first refills get data reviewed. All subsequent refills don't

Thanks txpharmguy!