Character limits and drug names

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Tue, 06/07/2022 - 09:22
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Hilary Anderson
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Character limits and drug names

Hello,

I am wondering if anyone can share how their facilities display drug names (especially for combination products) when there are character limitations? Some drugs we are struggling with are Genvoya and Stribild, and other multivitamin drugs. If we display enough of the drug names, the strengths get cut off from the label. The current system we use allows the additional display of brand name, which is how we are differentiating between products for now.

Thanks,
Hilary

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