Medication returned and determined by Pharmacy Service to be suitable for reissue is returned to pharmacy stock. A readily retrievable, computerized, medication profile system. A planned and systematic monitoring and evaluation of the quality and the appropriateness of medication usage. Medication must not be stored in the clothing room or with personal property. They seal the medication, write the patient s name, ward location, specific instructions, if any, and forward the package to the Pharmacy for disposition.
Medications purchased by the patient remain the patient s personal property.
If authorized for use, the pharmacy relabels and reissues them in accordance with the practitioner s instructions and standard labeling procedures required for inpatient dispensing . All modifications or discontinuances of medication orders must be written on VA Form 10-1158, Doctor s Orders, or other approved equivalent, and signed by the physician. A direct copy of all prescribers medication orders must be transmitted to the pharmacy . All medication samples must be controlled by Pharmacy Service. All parenteral fluids and medications are ordered on VA Form 10-1158, Doctor's Orders, or other approved form.