Comments on: Come Again? In NYC, Rx Info In Foreign Languages http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/come-again-in-nyc-rx-info-in-foreign-languages/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:46:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: RPh http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/11/come-again-in-nyc-rx-info-in-foreign-languages/#comment-381983 RPh Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:24:56 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=17729#comment-381983 Having worked in border communities and in NYC this is doable. Computers can print out instructions in any language you need, and as for basic counseling on how to take or store, cards with standard phrases in the language can be used. More detailed counseling might require a family member or technician who's bilingual or a centralized call in center to answer questions. However it can be done. Typically however people who speak a particular foreign language live in certain areas and you can hire pharmacist and technicians from those communities. You can't do 100% but you can do it for the majority of the people if you make a reasonable attempt. Having worked in border communities and in NYC this is doable.

Computers can print out instructions in any language you need, and as for basic counseling on how to take or store, cards with standard phrases in the language can be used. More detailed counseling might require a family member or technician who’s bilingual or a centralized call in center to answer questions. However it can be done.

Typically however people who speak a particular foreign language live in certain areas and you can hire pharmacist and technicians from those communities.

You can’t do 100% but you can do it for the majority of the people if you make a reasonable attempt.

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