The "Drug sets" functionality from the "Dictionaries" submenu in the "Administration" menu is used to define drug collections as subsets of the general drug database. The drug collections created are subject to resource management mechanisms. After selecting this functionality, a list of defined drug sets is displayed and next to each of them the "Contents", "Edit" and "Delete" buttons (last two only for sets that are not predefined), and the "Add" button is available under the list.

To add a new set, click the "Add" button. Then a form will be displayed in which you should enter the name of the set and save the data by clicking the "Add" button.

To modify the data of a set, click the "Edit" button next to the set in the list. A form identical to the one when adding the set will be displayed, except that it is filled with the data of the selected set. After making changes, save them by clicking the "Update" button.

To delete a set, click the "Delete" button next to the given set on the list. A form identical to that in the case of set data editing will be displayed, except that it will be displayed in read-only mode. The intention to delete a set should be confirmed by clicking the "Delete" button.

To be able to manage the contents of a set, click the "Contents" button next to the set in the list. A view with two columns will then be displayed. The left column is a list of all drugs on the basis of which you can create a set. The right column is a list of the drugs that make up the set.

In the left column by default are displayed all available drugs. At each drug are presented the following information:

• name
• form
• dose
• package
• producer
• repayment
• is this drug authorized for marketing
• is this contraceptive drug
• drug 103
• group of precursors
• category of availability
• international name
• characteristic - if the drug has a characteristic then in the field of characteristic is displayed a button with the down arrow „↓” to download the PDF file with the characteristic of the drug
• replacements - at every drug there is the "Display" button, which allows to display replacements for a particular drug

Pressing the button of displaying replacements at any drug switches the view from the list of drugs to the list of replacements for this drug. In the upper part of the window there is displayed additional information about which drug’s replacements are currently displayed ant at this information is „×” sign. Clicking on the „×” ends displaying of replacements and restores the previous view of drugs.

The list of drugs displayed in the left column can be narrowed by entering a part of the name, form, package, producer, international name in the fields visible at the bottom of the column and / or selecting the appropriate values from the drop-down lists also visible at the bottom of the column. When entering a part of the name, form, package, producer, international name and / or selecting values from drop-down lists, the system automatically displays only these medicines that meet the search criteria. To add a drug to the set, place the mouse pointer on the drug (in the left column), press the left mouse button and holding down the left mouse button to drag the cursor to the right column and then release the mouse button. In this way the drug is moved from the left to the right column, so it is moved to set. At the drugs in the left column there are visible fields that allow to select drugs. They are used to possible to add many drugs at once to set. To add several medications at once to the set, simply select it in the left column, hover the mouse over any of these medicines, press the left mouse button and holding down the left mouse button to drag the cursor to the right column and then release the mouse button. In this way drugs are moved from the left to the right column, so are moved to the set. Above the list of drugs in the left column there is also visible checkbox for selecting / deselecting quickly all visible medicines. By clicking in turn on the headers of columns under the list of drugs it is possible to sort them alphabetically by the column (subsequent clicks are changing the sort order from ascending to descending and vice versa). At the top of the left column there is also displayed a navigation pane uses to change the amount of drug visible on one screen as well as switching between successive screens if the drugs do not fit on one. In the right column is displayed the set of drugs. At every drug there is a button with the sign "-" enabling the removal of the drug from the set. At all the medicines there are also visible fields that allow selection of drugs. They are used to possible to delete multiple medicines at once from the set. After selecting at least one drug, at the bottom of the right column there is the "Delete selected" button allows the removal of all of the selected drugs from the set. Above the list of drugs in the right column there is also a checkbox for selecting / deselecting quickly all visible medicines. The order of medicines in the right column can be changed on the basis of drag and drop. To move the drug in the right column to another location you should move the mouse cursor to a drug, press the left mouse button and holding down the left mouse button to drag the cursor to another location of right column and then release the mouse button and the drug will be moved to the indicated place.

Predefined drug collections:

• CTC drugs - medicines that will be used in a care and treatment institution; the number of items in the delivery of such drugs should be determined by the number of doses (e.g. number of tablets) because of the way they will be dispensed