New Pharmacy Students and Pharmacists are being encouraged to use the National standard for labelling dispensed medicines from July 2021 (located: https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/national-standard-labelling-dispensed-medicines) for clear and consistent labeling.

With the Fred Dispense Plus SIGs, these standards are unable to be followed easily. When a number is type it is expressed as a word not as an numeral.

The standards are recommended change to expressing Numbers as numerals and administration verbs. Examples of changed we would like implemented based on this National Standard

Eye Drops:
Put 1 drop into each eye in the morning. Throw away the bottle 4 weeks after opening.
-NOT-
Instill ONE drop into BOTH eyes - Discard contents 28 days after opening

Antibiotics/Duration of Use:
Take 1 tablet in the morning and 1 tablet in the evening for 5 days then stop.
- or -
Take 1 tablet in the morning until all taken.
-NOT-
Take ONE tablet TWICE a day for FIVE days
- or -
Take ONE tablet in the morning Take for the number of days advised by your prescriber.

Tablets:
Take 1 capsule in the morning and 1 capsule in the evening.
-NOT-
Take ONE capsule TWICE a day

Oral Liquids:
Give 5mL in the morning and 5mL in the evening. Measure dose with oral syringe provided.
- NOT -
Give FIVE mL by measure TWICE a day