The Prescription Book writes itself
Every dispense of a poison creates its statutory Prescription Book entry inside the same database transaction as the dispense itself, serially numbered with no gaps — so the register is complete by construction, not by discipline.
Prescription Book — August 2026
Poisons Act 1952 § 24| Serial | Date | Poison and ingredients | Patient | Qty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04819 | 09/08 | Amoxicillin 250mgGroup C — an entry is still required | Ahmad bin Ali | 15 |
| 04820 | 09/08 | Prednisolone 5mg | Lim Wei Ling | 20 |
| 04821 | 09/08 | Diazepam 5mg | Rajan a/l Kumar | 10 |
| 04822 | 09/08 | Codeine phosphate 15mgReversed — wrong patient. Serial retained, never reused. | Tan Mei Ling | 12 |
The rule most clinics get wrong
Section 24 of the Poisons Act 1952 requires a record for any poison supplied as a dispensed medicine — not only Group B. Group C items dispensed to a patient need an entry exactly as Group B items do. Software that only registers Group B leaves a clinic short of the law while telling it everything is fine.
What is recorded, and when
On the same day as supply: date, serial number, the poison name and its ingredients or proprietary name, quantity supplied, the patient's name, and the patient's address where the supply is not against a written prescription. The prescriber is captured too, because you will want it when a query arrives two years later.
Corrections without erasing
A wrong entry is never deleted and never edited over. It is reversed: the original stays visible, marked, and the serial number it used is retained and never reissued. An inspector reading the register sees exactly what happened, including the mistake — which is the point of a register.
Printing it when someone asks
Any date range, printed to A4 in the order the register runs. There is no export step, no spreadsheet to tidy, and no gap to explain. Clinics tell us this is the moment the software justifies itself.
Common questions
Can staff dispense without the register entry being written?
No. The entry and the dispense are one transaction. If the entry cannot be written, the dispense does not happen.
How long must it be kept?
Section 24 sets no retention period, so Klinira retains Prescription Book entries indefinitely rather than guessing at a number.
Watch it survive an outage
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