Recording reconstitution in Ni-kshay Aushadhi

Box reconstitution means to unpack the prepared boxes into loose medicine. The loose medicine is then added back to the inventory of the store where reconstitution is done. Any box whether complete, incomplete, or modified can be reconstituted. Reconstitution can be done at State Drug Store (SDS) and District Drug Store (DDS) level only and once reconstituted, the box will no longer exist in the inventory.  The process of reconstitution in Ni-kshay Aushadhi is known as box unpacking and involves the following steps:

Figure 1: Overview of process of recording of reconstitution in Nikshay Aushadhi

Detailed procedure:

Step 1: Go to the Nikshay Aushadhi website and click on login. Enter your user ID, Password, the captcha text and click login.

Step 2: Reach the ‘Box unpacking’ window following the path Home-menu>services>packing/repacking>Box unpacking and select your store.  Select the TB subcategory then drug name and click on the ‘go’ tab.

Step 3: The system will show all the available boxes (complete, incomplete, and modified) with batch number, expiry Date, stock Quantity, and Stock Status. Select the desired box to be unpacked.

Figure 2: Box unpacking window in Nikshay Aushadhi

Source: Nikshay Aushadhi portal

Step 4: Once selected the system will show details of the drugs in that box. Any quantity less than or equal to the stock quantity of that box can be unpacked. For example, if the stock quantity of the selected box is 100 then any number of boxes between 1 and 100 van be unpacked. Specify the number of the boxes to be unpacked and then click the ‘save’ tab to complete the process. Upon completion, the system will generate the ‘box unpacking complete’ alert. After unpacking the box, the drugs from the box will be added loose into the inventory.

Figure 3: Saving details of box reconstitution

Source: Nikshay Aushadhi portal

Resources

Nikshay Aushadhi Manual-Central TB Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

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