Set up Drug Class

Define the classes your medicines fall into, such as General, Schedule H or a narcotic class, so every drug generic carries the right one.

Who does this: hospital administrator or pharmacy in-charge Where: General Masters › Drug Masters › Drug Class Set up before: none

A drug class is the legal or handling category of a medicine, for example General, Schedule H or Schedule X. You pick a class on every drug generic, and a class marked Narcotic flags its medicines as narcotic drugs.

The list comes with the usual classes already set up. Check it before you add a new one.

Add a drug class

1. Go to General Masters › Drug Masters › Drug Class.

2. Click Add. The drug class form opens.

3. Fill in the form:

   Field	What to enter	Required
   Drug Class Code	Filled in automatically when you save.	—
   Drug Class Name	The class name, for example Schedule H. Up to 50 characters.	Yes
   Status	Leave on Active.	—
   Narcotic	Tick this when the class covers narcotic drugs. It is ticked when the form opens, so clear it for a class that is not narcotic.	No

4. Click Save. You return to the list and the new class appears in it.

Change or deactivate a drug class

1. In the list, click ⋮ at the end of the row and choose Edit.
2. Change the name or the Narcotic tick. To stop using the class, switch Status to Inactive.
3. Click Save.

Drug classes cannot be deleted from this screen. Make a class Inactive instead.

Good to know

• The Narcotic column in the list shows true or false for each class.
• Each drug generic must have a drug class, so set the classes up before you add generics.

Related

• Next: Set up Drug Form
• Set up Drug Generic: where you pick the class
• Pharmacy FAQs

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