Vietnam: 8 mandatory contents for veterinary prescribing

According to Article 18 of Circular No. 12/2020/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, veterinary prescribing is stipulated as follows:

1. Contents of a prescription must be written in a sufficient, clear and accurate manner according to the form in the Appendix VII hereof.

2. Veterinary drugs shall be prescribed as follows:

- Regarding active ingredient-single veterinary drugs

+ Assign international nonproprietary names (INN aka generic name). E.g. If a drug contains 500mg of active ingredient Amoxicillin, its name shall be written out as Amoxicillin 500mg.

+ Assign international nonproprietary names and trade names. E.g. If a drug contains 500mg of active ingredient Amoxicillin and is known under the trade name A, its name shall be written out as Amoxicilline (A) 500mg.

- Regarding veterinary drugs containing multiple active ingredients: assign trade names and names of main active ingredients.

3. It is required to write names, strength or content of active ingredients, weight, quantity or volume, dose, route of administration, time of administration if necessary) and dosing interval of each type of drug.

4. A 0 (zero) number shall be put in front of the one-digit number indicating the quantity of drug (less than 10).

5. The prescriber shall put his/her signature next to the corrections made to the prescription.

6. The blank from the bottom left of prescription contents to the top right of the prescriber’s signature must be crossed out; the prescriber must sign and write his/her full name (or affix his/her signature stamp).

7. Contraindications and warnings shall be specified.

8. The prescription is valid for one-time use only and must be marked to show it has been dispensed.

View more details at the Circular No. 12/2020/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, effective from December 25, 2020.

Le Vy

>> CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE IN VIETNAMESE