It’s good to know someone is listening to the scrum intro! ☺ With this example, what should we put for the dosage strength column (200mg or 60mg)?
-ada From: dev@openmrs.org [mailto:dev@openmrs.org] On Behalf Of Burke Mamlin Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 4:46 PM To: openmrs-deve...@listserv.iupui.edu Subject: [OPENMRS-DEV] Handling iron content of iron supplements Ada, I'm listening to the scrum intro, where you were asking if FERROUS SULFATE 200 mg (with 60 mg ELEMENT IRON) TAB would use the drug ingredients table. In this example, there is only one active drug (iron), but the amount of effective iron (iron that reaches the patient's blood) happens to be different than the pill's dose. So, for example, giving a 200 mg supplement of iron only delivers 60 mg of actual iron to the patient. The providers want to know how much effective iron is being delivered with each dose. While the pill is dosed at 200 mg, the actual iron delivered to the patient is 60 mg. So, in this example, I would not use the ingredient table; rather, I would use a single drug entry – e.g., something like you have… FERROUS SULFATE 200 mg (60 mg ELEMENTAL IRON) TAB. Cheers, -Burke ________________________________ Click here to unsubscribe<mailto:lists...@listserv.iupui.edu?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l> from OpenMRS Developers' mailing list
