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curbside pickup

Curbside pickup is a pharmacy collection option in which prepared prescriptions or other pharmacy items are given to the person collecting them outside the pharmacy building, without that person entering it.

In plain English

This means collecting pharmacy items without going into the building. The prepared prescription or other pharmacy item is handed to the person collecting it outside the pharmacy.

In context

Here, it labels the option to receive a ready prescription outside the pharmacy building without entering it.

Situation
Requesting prescription renewals, choosing pharmacies, and following refill status
What it communicates
labels a collection method offered for a ready prescription

Meaning limits

The term itself does not establish whether this collection option can be used in a particular case.

Examples

“He chose curbside pickup and received the prepared prescription outside the pharmacy without going in.”

Core meaning

“When the refill was ready, she asked for curbside pickup rather than going to the counter.”

In context

  • in-store pickup Contrast

    This involves entering the building to collect the items, unlike the target sense.