---
type: "example"
title: "MedicationDispense Example: medicationdispense-example"
resource: "MedicationDispense"
example: "medicationdispense-example"
---
# MedicationDispense Example: medicationdispense-example

## Narrative

Penicillin VK 10ml suspension

dispensed 16:20 on 30 May 2012

by Dr Carfeful

picked up at 10:20 on 31 May 2012

on the authority of prescription ref: example

to patient ref: a23

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MedicationDispense xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../../../GForge/FHIRBuild/build/schema/medicationdispense.xsd"
 xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
	<id value="example"/>
	<!-- insert contents here -->
	<text>
		<status value="generated"/>
		<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
			<p>Penicillin VK 10ml suspension</p>
			<p>dispensed 16:20 on 30 May 2012</p>
			<p>by Dr Carfeful</p>
			<p>picked up at 10:20 on 31 May 2012</p>
			<p>on the authority of prescription ref: example</p>
			<p>to patient ref: a23</p>
		</div>
	</text>
	<status>
		<coding>
			<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/medicationdispense-status"/>
			<code value="completed"/>
			<display value="Completed"/>
		</coding>
	</status>
	<medicationReference>
		<reference value="Medication/example"/>
	</medicationReference>
	<subject>
		<reference value="Patient/example"/>
	</subject>
	<performer>
		<actor>
			<reference value="Practitioner/f006"/>
		</actor>
	</performer>
	<authorizingPrescription>
		<reference value="MedicationRequest/medicationrequest-example"/>
	</authorizingPrescription>
	<quantity>
		<value value="10"/>
		<unit value="ml"/>
		<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
		<code value="ml"/>
	</quantity>

	<whenPrepared value="2012-05-30T16:20:00+00:00"/>
	<whenHandedOver value="2012-05-31T10:20:00+00:00"/>
	<substitution>
		<wasSubstituted value="false"></wasSubstituted>
	</substitution>
</MedicationDispense>
```