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Create dispensing package

A dispensing package is a collection of specific items (drugs) and their quantities to be dispensed (given out) to subjects when they come for their visits. Having these packages ready helps medical staff to dispense items accurately when the subject treatment consists of various medications and dosages.

In IWRS, you can create as many various dispensing packages as needed for your study dispensation plan.

To create a dispensing package

  1. In the IWRS application header, select the TREATMENT DESIGN tab.

  2. In the left pane, select Treatment Compositions.

    Accessing treatment compositions
    Figure 1. Accessing treatment compositions

  3. On the page that appears, on the workspace toolbar, select New Item image58.jpg.

    Selecting option to add dispensing package
    Figure 2. Selecting option to add dispensing package

  4. In the Add dialog that appears, start defining your dispensing package by setting the preferences as described in the following table.

    Creating new dispensing package
    Figure 3. Creating new dispensing package

    Tip

    In the following table, mandatory elements are marked with an asterisk (*).

    Element

    Details

    Dispensing Package*

    Enter a unique name of the dispensing package you create.

    Dispensing Package Article Types*

    Item Unit*

    Select the product unit to be dispensed to the subject during the treatment visit.

    The items available for selection here must be previously added to the product unit module.

    # of Items*

    Specify the number of item units to be dispensed to a subject during the treatment visit.

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    Select the minus symbol next to any of the item units to remove them from the dispensing package.

    SAVE

    Select save_button_red.png to implement the changes.

    CANCEL

    Select cancel_button_white_blue.png to discard the changes without saving, close the dialog, and return to the dispensing package list.

Upon saving, a new dispensing package is created. You can now use this package for subject dispensing.

In this section:

In eClinical, a unit of a drug that is being tested in a clinical trial is referred to as an item.

In eClinical, a process of providing a subject with medication at a visit to a site during their treatment in the course of a clinical trial.

A participant who is enrolled in a clinical trial and assigned to the site.

An occurrence in a clinical trial in which the subject comes to a site to receive treatment, undergo some tests, or complete other required procedures.

An investigational product that is used in a study. In eClinical, it can be viewed as an equivalent to a drug name to distinguish items at all stages of their lifecycle—manufacturing, shipment, dispensation to subjects, or else.

Another name for the product unit in the IWRS system is item unit.