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Unfortunately Jeff, you do need to use the Alt NDC. Of course the scanners can be programmed but there is other uses for that you'll find along the way (like dropping a leading character in the printed barcode of the "lab label" to prevent nursing from using that during the med pass process). Think of this: the "package barcode" is the one that will be scanned by nursing so it must match character for character in your Drug Dictionary. You're going to have to scan your entire department (and then some) to ensure that all of those of loaded on the correct drug. I haven't found a workaround yet, and I will also add that many sites have in correct or bogus numbers in their Alt NDC fields...I suppose by not paying attention while attaching the scanned code. Best of luck - Kevin. Kevin McConnell, PharmD. Clinical Consultant (713)480-6810 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Severson, Kimberly Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MEDITECH-L] FW: NDC #'s for BMV All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== Subject: NDC #'s for BMV We are in the very initial stages of BMV implementation. When testing the scanner on some bar codes from prepackaged unit dose drugs, I found that they all lack the initial zero in the official 11 digit format. Additionally, some of the bar codes I scanned have a prefix. Obviously, none of them matched up with the correct 11 digit NDC number in my drug dictionary which needs to kept perfect in order for fomulary service to work. Is there any way to program a scanner to be compatible with the standard NDC number format? Please don't tell me that I must use the Add Alt. NDC# routine to add these bogus NDC's for every single drug in the dictionary. Thanks. Jeff Pierson, RPh Manager - Pharmacy Operations SwedishAmerican Health System Rockford, IL 61104 _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
