All new Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation PBS (RPBS) prescriptions (with a small number of exclusions) now must include active ingredient(s).
Prescribing software should automatically include active ingredients on prescriptions, brand name preferences can be included after the active ingredient(s), if clinically necessary. These requirements only apply to computer generated prescriptions with up to three active ingredients. Handwritten prescriptions are excluded.
Read more on the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care website.
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