Generic Substitution in Fred Pak

Fred Pak

The packing entry for a single drug or every instance of this packed drug for all patients or all patients belonging to a particular nursing home can be generically substituted within Fred Pak.

Generically Substitute a Single Drug for a Patient

1. At the Packing History Screen, highlight the drug and press <G>.

   

2. Highlight the substitute drug and press <Enter> to select it.

   In the example below, we are substituting Diabex 1000mg with Glucohexal 1000mg.

   

3. Enter the date that the new brand is to be supplied from and press <ALT+O> or click OK.

   

   The packing history screen will then show the newly substituted brand Glucohexal.

   The previous brand can be viewed by pressing the left arrow on the keyboard to view any previous packing medication profiles.

Generically Substitute All Instances of a Packed Drug

1. Select Activities > Bulk Generic Substitution.

2. Select the Nursing Home, and then the drug that needs to be substituted.

   

3. Click OK

4. Choose the brand to substitute to.

   

5. Select the date that the new brand is to be supplied from.

   

6. Enter YES to confirm that you want to apply this substitution change to all residents of the selected nursing home.

   

7. Enter YES To apply this substitution change to ALL Nursing Homes patients automatically at the beginning of their next packing cycle.

   

8. Press a key to the message ‘Brand Generic Substitution Completed’.