Ever been to a nursing home and see the trays with all the patients' tablets sorted out in to period and day? This program allows you to print Medico-Pak Cold Seal labels from Douglas Pharmaceuticals (similar to this - download foil.pdf). It works in tandem with PCA NU System's FRED Dispense, therefore no re-entry of data is needed - just select the patient, select items from their history, enter dosage and print. Past labels are all stored in a database for record-keeping purposes.
Note that this program is in no way endorsed by or related in any way to PCA NU Systems apart from the fact that it extends FRED. I will endeavour to answer any emails regarding this program, but only this program, not FRED. Also note that although this program connects to the FRED database, it only retrieves data - no data is changed. That said, use at your own risk and I take no responsibility for any outcomes resulting from this program. Remember to check the printed labels against what is expected.
VB.NET and .NET Framework 1.1 was again used. I was planning on migrating on to .NET FX 2.0 however, at that time I only had the express edition of VS2005, which does not have reporting, or installer creation functionality. Without the ability to use the new DataGridView control, I use the ComponentOne controls again (as the DataGrid control was impractical for my uses). For the reporting (label) functionality I used the in-built Crystal Reports.
On the data access layer, the .NET Visual FoxPro OLEDB data provider is used to connect to the FRED database, while an MS Access database is used to store dosage and label data.
This software must be installed on a computer with access to the FRED database, whether locally or through the network.
Make sure you have the .NET Framework 1.1 installed.
Download: Medico Pak Label System - 1.1.2545.2348
- 1.1.2527.41647 (01/12/2006)
- initial public release
- 1.1.2545.2348 (19/12/2006)
- fixed bug: labels not printing if GP's name(s), addresses, PRN medication etc. contained single quotation marks, e.g. Dr John O'Reilly.