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The deadline is fast approaching and you will be required to comply with one protection solution from each category to guard your prescriptions.
The deadline is fast approaching and you will be required to comply with one protection solution from each category to guard your prescriptions.
Category 1: Prevent the unauthorized copying of a completed or blank prescription form. (Features in bold tend to be less costly and easier to implement.)
- “Void” or “Illegal” Pantograph appears when the prescription is photocopied.
- Coin-reactive ink that changes color when rubbed by a coin.
- Watermark: Special paper containing a “watermark”.
- Micro printing: Very small font writing, such as a signature line.
Category 2: Prevent the erasure or modification of information written on the prescription by the prescriber.
- Uniform non-white background color. Background consists of a solid color or consistent pattern that has been printed onto the paper.
- Quantity check off boxes in addition to the written quantity on the prescription Pre-print refill indicator (circle or check number of refills or “NR”) Pre-print "Rx is void if more than___ Rxs on paper" on prescription paper.
- Quantity Border (for computer generated prescriptions) Quantities are surrounded by special characters such as an asterisk to prevent alteration, e.g. QTY **50**.
- Refill Border (for computer generated prescriptions) Refill quantities are surrounded by special characters such as an asterisk to prevent alteration, e.g. QTY **5**.
- Chemically reactive paper.
- Paper toner fuser: Special printer toner establishes a strong bond to prescription paper.
- Safety or security paper with colored pattern: White (or some other color) mark appears when erased.
Category 3: Prevent the use of counterfit prescription forms.
- Security features and descriptions listed on prescriptions Complete list of the security feature on the prescription paper for compliance purposes.
- Serial numbered prescriptions.
- Bar code: Serial number is encoded in a bar code.
- Logos: Sometimes used as part of the background color or pantograph.
- Metal strip: Paper contains metal security strip.
- Heat sensing imprint: By touching the imprint or design, the imprint will disappear.
- Paper contains fibers or ink visible only under black light.
- Thermo chromic ink: Changes color when exposed to heat and then changes back to its original color when cooled.
- Holograms that interfere with photocopying.
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