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Dispensation en garde

English translation: Emergency or out-of-hours presciption

06:41 Mar 20, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care
French term or phrase: Dispensation en garde
from a document GRILLE DES SURCOUTS HOSPITALIERS PAR PATIENT

Not much context I'm afraid but the preceding lines are

Actes pharmaceutiques supplémentaires
Forfait dispensation nominative (par ordonnance)/Dispensation globale (par livraison) 28.00 €
Dispensation en garde 42.00 €
Destruction 80.00 €
Ré-étiquetage < 10 unités 15.00 €
Steve Sutcliffe
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:27
English translation:Emergency or out-of-hours presciption
Explanation:
This refers to the higher pharmacist's tariff which applies to dispensing a prescription out-of-hours. "En garde" = "on-call".

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Note added at 33 mins (2013-03-20 07:14:40 GMT)
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or rather, prescRiption

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-03-20 08:12:29 GMT)
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You're right, not great French, but I checked with my partner (who just happens to be a pharmacist) and he's sure that it means that.
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Jane Proctor (X)
France
Local time: 21:27
Grading comment
Thanks Jane
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5 +2Emergency or out-of-hours presciption
Jane Proctor (X)
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see
liz askew

  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Emergency or out-of-hours presciption


Explanation:
This refers to the higher pharmacist's tariff which applies to dispensing a prescription out-of-hours. "En garde" = "on-call".

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Note added at 33 mins (2013-03-20 07:14:40 GMT)
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or rather, prescRiption

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-03-20 08:12:29 GMT)
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You're right, not great French, but I checked with my partner (who just happens to be a pharmacist) and he's sure that it means that.

Jane Proctor (X)
France
Local time: 21:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Jane
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hi Jane. Thanks for that and it makes perfect sense. I was aware of the use of DE garde for a pharmacy or doctor who is 'on call' so I'm assuming this is just an error in the source, unless 'en garde' is also used and I'm just not familiar with it. I'll award as soon as I can!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch: Though perhaps it should be "Emergency or out-of-hours dispensing" as the physician prescribes and the pharmacy dispenses.
2 hrs
  -> yes, that works.. tho' I was using "prescription" as a noun, rather than the act of prescribing. Works either way.
agree  liz askew: I agree with B D Finch, it should be "dispensing"
2 hrs
  -> Except we tend to talk about "prescription charges" opposed to "dispensing charges"
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: see

Reference information:
Coldean Pharmacy - Out of Hours Dispensing
www.coldeanpharmacy.co.uk/index.php?page=emergency-dispensi...
***Out of Hours Dispensing***. Emergency Dispensing at Coldean Pharmacy. Emergency Dispensing. At night, on Sundays, and Public Holidays, the doctor may ...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 358
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