I'm 100% behind it.
In fact, I think it should be mandatory that ALL doctors orders should be that way too, no question.
I do, to a point. My beef is incentives to do so! :nurse-soapbox:
I would have to say that I absolutely support this beyond a shadow of a doubt. It is absolutely amazing the individuals that try to forge prescriptions for schedule II's. The typical giveaway is when someone changes Four Percocet to Fourty Percocet(leaving the u in fourty, like the genius they are), and then trying to pass the prescription. I doubt this will stop the incidence of prescription fraud, but this will definately put a dent in it.
Perhaps this could even help to make more evident practitioners/Md's who over prescribe narcotics as well as patients who play one Physician against the other to "score".
Just a side point, Medic....some people ARE just plain spelling challenged. I check myself, but know I am NOT perfect. (In regards to the 'fourty' bit.)
Yes, which is fine here and there, but name one Pharmacist that is not going to notice a prescription written for "Fourty" of anything, lol.:nurse-hang:
True. Then again, he might just know the pee-poor spelling MD's! :D
I remember a disscusion at the pharmacy management team that I'm on and we had to buy taper proof pads to use for controls when the patient has medicare.
The Rehab unit I worked on has the tamper-proof pads.
