In plain English
This status marks a request as not new. It means the same prescription has already been requested for the same patient, and this request repeats it. The status applies to the request that repeats the earlier one.
In context
Here, it warns that the current prescription request repeats an earlier request already made for the same patient and the same prescription.
- Situation
- Requesting prescription renewals, choosing pharmacies, and following refill status
- What it communicates
- warns that another request for the same prescription is already in the workflow
Meaning limits
This status does not by itself say what will happen to either request.
Examples
“The second request for Mr Patel's blood pressure tablets was a duplicate request, since an earlier request for the same prescription had already been made for him.”
“Seeing another request for the child's eczema cream after one had already been sent, the nurse marked it as a duplicate request.”