I held 11 prescriptions on yesterday’s swing shift because species or weight wasn’t documented, and was told I’m slowing the line. As the assistant responsible for safe dispensing, I won’t label a dose without mg/kg context or species‑specific cautions — do your shops treat that as basic pharmaceutical care or see it as getting in the way?
Same here — ‘no weight/species, no label’ (except non–weight-based) — we added EMR checkbox on swing; plumbs.com backs mg/kg. PMS support required fields?
, 11 held on swing says process, not person; we added a PMS “hard stop” that blocks label print unless species plus current weight are entered and it auto-pings the DVM, which cut stalls by half. Small caveat: we allow a DVM override only for non–weight-based meds with last weight <30 days and log it against AVMA’s label guidance (https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/avma-policies/guidelines-prescription-labels); does your system support a dedicated hold queue?
For Amazons and quakers, I do a 60‑second “forage cup stack”: two paper med cups with a small hole, a twist of paper between, and 3–4 pellets, taped to the perch, which buys 8–12 minutes of shredding and calmer TPRs. Small caveat: skip if NPO or known plastic chewer — paper souffle cups and paper tape keep it safe and still under a minute. Your “10-minute foraging tray” nudged us to pre-pack these in the bin so techs can hang them during AM rounds.