Duplex pharmacy label and method

A system for supplying duplex pharmacy labels comprising:

• a sheet, the sheet having an obverse face and a reverse face, the obverse face of the sheet including a first area and a second area, the first area of the obverse face including a pair of peel-off labels removably disposed on a backing surface, the reverse face of the sheet including a first area opposite the first area of the first side, at least a portion of the first area of the reverse face formed by a reverse face of the backing surface;
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• a printer, the printer having an input arranged to receive the sheet, the printer further arranged to print on both faces of the sheet;
• a database, the database including patient specific data for a plurality of patients and medication specific data for a plurality of medications;
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• a controller, the controller operatively connecting the printer and the database, the controller arranged to forward patient specific data for a selected patient and medication specific data for a selected medication to the printer to thereby cause the printer to print patient specific data for the selected patient and medication specific data for the selected medication on the first area of the obverse face and on the first area of the reverse face.

A method for supplying duplex pharmacy labels comprising:

• providing a sheet, the sheet having an obverse face and a reverse face;
• dividing the obverse face of the sheet into at least a first area and a second area;
• providing a pair of peel-off labels on the first area of the obverse face;
• providing a first area on the reverse face opposite the first area of the obverse face;
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• providing a printer, the printer having an input arranged to receive the sheet, the printer further arranged to print on both faces of the sheet;
• providing a database, the database including patient-specific data for a plurality of patients and medication-specific data for a plurality of medications;
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• providing a controller, the controller operatively connecting the printer and the database;
• selecting a patient from the database;
• selecting a medication from the database;
• and
• forwarding patient-specific data for the selected patient and medication-specific data for the selected medication to the printer to thereby cause the printer to print the patient-specific data and the medication-specific data on the first area of the obverse face and on the first area of the reverse face.