[Revised Apr 04]
If the 'drugs owing' mechanism is used, stock control, orders etc are all handled correctly since the computer knows the true situation.
If the user chooses not to tell the computer the full story, they need to allow for this when considering stock figures etc.
Example; Suppose 100 of a drug are in stock, a script comes in for 150, and 90 are supplied with 60 owing.
- If marked as 'owe 60' the computer knows that there are +10 in stock.
- If not marked as 'owing' the computer thinks that there are -50 in stock, whereas there are really +10. When a rolling stocktake reveals +10 this will appear to be a stock control error and a user may think that the computer is dropping stock or scripts.
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