Doctors should prescribe medicines in Capital Letters
Posted on: 10/Feb/2014 11:43:16 AM
Days are gone when the doctors use to scribble on prescriptions pads. Henceforth the physicians have to write the names of drugs in capital letters. This has been envisaged by Medical Council of India.
There have been numerous cases of pharmacists and patients straining their eyes to figure out the name of medicines prescribed by doctors. Sometimes drug names have been misread putting the safety of patients at risk.
To end this, the MCI, at its meeting in New Delhi on January 23, approved its draft notifications, which, among other things, mandates doctors to use capital letters while writing prescription slips. The MCI has forwarded the draft to the Health Ministry for endorsement.
The prescription should be understandable to the pharmacist, so that the same combination of medicine is repeated next time.
