International Harmonisation of Ingredient Names

Fred Pak

During 2017, the Therapeutic Goods Administration updated over 200 active ingredient names used in Australia to match the names used for these ingredients internationally. This programme is known as the International Harmonisation of Ingredient Names. Fred Pak now supports the new generic medication names introduced by the TGA’s IHIN programme.

For details about support for IHIN in Fred Dispense, see Fred Dispense February 2018 Release Notes.

IHIN names are displayed by default on the Patient Medication Profile.

Packing Screen: Update a drug’s generic name to its new IHIN name

On the Packing screen, the first time you select a drug that is affected by IHIN, its original generic name is displayed.

To update the drug to display its new, IHIN-compliant generic name:

  1. Click to select the drug (for example, Frusemide).

  2. Press [F] to flip the generic and brand names so that the brand name is on top. The generic name is updated to the drug’s new IHIN name (for example, Furosemide).

  3. If required, press [F] again, to flip the description so that the generic name is on top.

IHIN names on Medico Pak foils

On Medico foils only, the IHIN translation for any relevant drugs packed is displayed on the fix-it patches (top left).