Getting started with NarcCount

A two-minute tour of how NarcCount keeps your controlled-substance inventory reconciled.

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Creating and completing a count

How to start a count, add the drugs you counted, and finalize it.

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How to do your narcotic count, step by step

A simple routine for the physical count: when to do it, how to count quickly, and when to reconcile.

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Uploading purchase, dispensing & destruction data

Import your transaction records from a CSV export in seconds.

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Receiving controlled substances: the receiving record

What Health Canada says to record when controlled substances arrive — from a wholesaler, another pharmacy or a hospital — and how NarcCount counts a delivery on the date it was received.

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How reconciliation works (the math)

The exact formula NarcCount uses and how the reconciliation window is defined.

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Investigating a discrepancy

Turn a variance into a root cause with one-click drill-downs.

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Reports and CSV exports

Produce inspection-ready output for any count on demand.

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Managing your drug list

Keep your controlled-substance catalog clean and complete.

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Exporting dispensing records from Kroll

Run Kroll's Rx for Drug/Doctor Groups report for the narcotic, controlled and targeted schedules, save it as CSV, and upload it to NarcCount.

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Exporting purchase records from McKesson

Build the Narcotics and Controlled Substances report in McKesson's PharmaClik ordering site, export it to Excel, and upload it to NarcCount.

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Exporting purchase records from Kohl & Frisch

Run a detailed Narcotics purchase history report in Kohl & Frisch's online ordering, save it as CSV, and upload it to NarcCount.

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Exporting purchase records from Imperial

Pull a narcotics & controlled purchase history from Imperial Distributors and import it.

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Exporting dispensing records from Fillware

Produce a controlled-substance dispensing report in Fillware and import it into NarcCount.

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Exporting dispensing records from PharmaClik

Run a controlled-drug dispensing report in PharmaClik Rx and import it.

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Exporting dispensing records from WinRx

Export a controlled-substance dispensing list from WinRx and import it into NarcCount.

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Preparing a destruction record for import

Turn your destruction/return log into a CSV NarcCount can reconcile.

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Importing your iApotheca history into NarcCount

Moving off iApotheca? Bring your last finalized count, plus purchases, dispensing and destructions since it, so your first reconciliation is complete.

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Resolving an overcount (counted more than expected)

Counted more than expected? Look for a delivery with no record, a fill recorded twice, stock back on the shelf or a sister DIN short by the same amount, then document what you found.

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Resolving an undercount (counted less than expected)

Counted less than expected? Recount in units, then check for a destruction or transfer nobody entered, a sister DIN and the edges of the window. If nothing explains it, report the loss within 10 days.

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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to common questions about NarcCount.

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