Medication stock — overview

Per-area medication stock-check inside eMAR — track received, disposed, returned, adjustments and counts.

Medication stock check is part of eMAR — open the area's eMAR app and click Stock in the sub-menu. Every medication on the eMAR has a running stock count fed by five movement types.

Movement types

Type

When to use

Received

A delivery comes in — record the quantity received against the medication record.

Disposed

Medication is destroyed (out of date, recalled, refused-and-returned).

Returned

Stock is returned to the pharmacy.

Adjustment

Correcting a counting error or a missed past movement. Use the Notes field to explain.

Stock check

A physical count. Acts as a baseline going forward.

Form fields

Each movement carries:

  • Medication — the eMAR medication record this movement is against.

  • Movement type — pick one of the five.

  • Quantity — number of doses/units.

  • Notes — supplier name, batch number, delivery-note number, witness, reason. Free text.

Heads up — Carerealm doesn't have dedicated batch-number, expiry-date or delivery-note-attachment fields on stock movements today. Capture that information in the Notes field. For delivery-note photos, upload them to Files separately.

Per-medication expiry

Expiry tracking lives on the medication record itself (not per batch). A medication has an expiry_date column and an auto_expired flag that flips when the date passes. See Expiry warnings.

Last updated 21 May 2026 · by Carerealm · Suggest a feature or change to this article
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