Prescription Paper and Drug Envelope Printing System by Prescription Ordering

Abstract

In Shinshu University Hospital, prescription ordering system by physicians for outpatients and inpatients has been introduced since April 1st, 1991.This system has been linked to printing system of prescriptions and drug envelopes since July, 1991.This system can be used all day. Prescription and designed informations were automatically printed out on the prescription paper and drug envelope paper according to physician's prescribing data, respectively. These papers were sealed by heat and were cut from the continuous rolling paper, and then were transported into printing machines by order of prescriptions. Printing colors of drug envelope are as follows: 1) letters of internal medicine is cyanine color, 2) letters of draft medicine is green color, 3) letters of external medicine is magenta color, 4) letter of patient's name is dark blue color.In this time, our developed system was very useful for making drug envelopes and labor-saving at preparation of medicine.