Most prescriptions will have locking caps for safety, and non-locking caps require a signature each time from the patient. Brown bottles are used for light- and heat-sensitive medications. Compounding can be done by pharmacists for individual prescriptions without recipes, by pharmacy technicians following written protocols for single treatments, or by technicians in bulk manufacturing for multiple patients. Prescription labels contain important pharmacy and patient information as well as dosing instructions, while shelf bottles must be checked for expiration and accuracy before and after dispensing medications which may have additional instructions or require medication guides.

1. retail delivery
•most rx will have locking cap
•if pt request nonlocking cap get a signature every time
•why brown bottle? medicine enemies are light heat light
•compounding:
•extemporaneous=by pharmacist only . no ‘recipe’ to
look at. based on knowledge
•bulk compounding----written protocol for single course
of treatment. ph techs can do this.
•bulk manufacturing---for several patients. ph tech may
do

2. retail delivery
• on the rx label---pharamcy info, date of filling, rx
number, pharmacist name, pt name, sig, drug
name and strength, quantity in bottle, dr name,
refill info
• on the shelf bottle---read label when you get
off shelf, before counting pills, returning on
shelf. expired bottle? NDC match?
• maybe put on extra label--’take with food’
• medication guide needed for certain drugs