Dispensary

– Primary Care (Kenya)
– Dispensaries in Kenya provide basic primary healthcare services to rural communities
– Services include childhood immunization, family planning, wound dressing, and management of common ailments
– Managed by registered nurses who refer complicated cases to clinical officers
– Nurses operate under the supervision of a nursing officer at a health center
– Dispensaries play a crucial role in providing healthcare access in remote areas

– Primary Care (India)
– Indian dispensaries offer basic medical facilities without hospitalization services
– Typically owned by a single doctor
– Serve as primary care providers in areas lacking hospital facilities
– Provide essential medical care to communities
– Play a vital role in addressing healthcare needs in underserved regions

– Tuberculosis (Turkey)
– Turkey’s dispensaries primarily focus on tuberculosis treatment
– Established nationwide to combat tuberculosis since 1923
– Over a hundred dispensaries still operational in 2023
– Hospitals have largely replaced dispensaries for healthcare access
– Dispensaries played a significant role in tuberculosis eradication efforts

– Alcohol (USA)
– In the USA, the term “dispensary” historically referred to government agencies selling alcoholic beverages
– Notable in states like Idaho and South Carolina
– Dispensaries regulated alcohol sales and distribution
– Played a role in alcohol control and distribution laws
– Varied regulations and practices across different states

– Cannabis
– Cannabis dispensaries are specialized stores for medical marijuana in various regions
– Found in states like Arizona, California, Michigan, and others
– Provide legal access to medical cannabis products
– Operate under specific regulations and licensing requirements
– Dispensaries contribute to the legal distribution of medical marijuana

Dispensary (Wikipedia)

Not to be confused with Hospital or Pharmacy.

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A dispensary is an office in a school, hospital, industrial plant, or other organization that dispenses medications, medical supplies, and in some cases even medical and dental treatment. In a traditional dispensary set-up, a pharmacist dispenses medication per the prescription or order form. The English term originated from the medieval Latin noun dispensaria and is cognate with the Latin verb dispensare, 'to distribute'.

The term also refers to legal cannabis dispensaries.

The term also has Victorian antiquity, in 1862 the term dispensary was used in the folk song the Blaydon Races. The folk song differentiated the term dispensary from a Doctors surgery and an Infirmary. The advent of huge industrial plants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as large steel mills, created a demand for in-house first responder services, including firefighting, emergency medical services, and even primary care that were closer to the point of need, under closer company control, and in many cases better capitalized than any services that the surrounding town could provide. In such contexts, company doctors and nurses were regularly on duty or on call.

Electronic dispensaries are designed to ensure efficient and consistent dispensing of excipient and active ingredients in a secure data environment with full audit traceability. A standard dispensary system consists of a range of modules such as manual dispensing, supervisory, bulk dispensing, recipe management and interfacing with external systems. Such a system might dispense much more than just medical related products, such as alcohol, tobacco or vitamins and minerals.