Standing orders must be backed up later by:
A. a phone call
B. a faxed blank prescription form
C. a written confirmation by the doctor
D. the doctor personally visiting the pharmacy
c
Rationale: Standing orders must be backed up later by a written confirmation by the doctor. Phone calls do not suffice. Faxed blank prescription forms are totally against the legalities of pharmacy practice; anyone could photocopy the form and then use copies of it to create other prescriptions. Also, if a blank prescription form was faxed so someone at the pharmacy could then fill it out with the standing order's information, the doctor could be in serious trouble if the order was not filled out correctly or taken. Obviously, the last choice is incorrect because doctors do not have time to visit pharmacies to follow up standing orders, which are designed to save them critical time in the first place.
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