To dispense an item in a quantity other than the PBS Unit of Measure (UOM), the PBS Conversion Field in the
Inventory Master screen can be utilised.
eg. Morphine 10 mg/mL – PBS base unit = 200 mL. Dispensed quantity must be 1 (bottle of 200 mL)
To create an Inventory Item that can be dispensed in a quantity other than the PBS UOM:
❖ Create the item as normal with the Units per Issue (Field 13) being the same as the PBS base unit.
❖ In Field 3: PBS Conversion, enter the factor required so that when multiplied by the PBS base unit will
equal 1
❖ To reduce the 200mL to 1mL, it must be multiplied by 0.005. This value is the PBS Conversion
Factor
❖ In Field 4: PBS UOM enter the units to be dispensed ie mL
In the Dispensing screen, enter the quantity required in mLs:
The Conversion Factor converts the quantity dispensed to the fraction of the bottle ie 20 mL = 0.1 of the 200 mL
bottle