Hello, We are scheduled to go live with 5.6 next week. Currently we are eMAR and BMV. During our testing we realized that we can no longer zero dose Compounded orders. This causes problems with orders that may have a range in dose, for example 5-10 mls of Magic Mouthwash. Pharmacy is required is enter a dose and nursing is required to document on that same dose. There is no room for any range. According to Meditech:
"When documenting on these, with the Dose Warning CDP setting to Y, the user would get the message "Administration is less than amount ordered. Continue?" (or "Warning: Ordered dose exceeded. Continue?" depending on the amounts) and the user can continue and enter in an override comment. Compound orders were not designed to allow a zero dose amount, which is why this cannot be entered. If you need to enter a zero dose amount, it would need to be a regular Med order. Since this is not always possible, the Dose Instructions function was created, to allow more detailed information to be entered which would not be able to fit in the regular dose field, such as a range of dose amounts." Basically Meditech is suggesting that we have our pharmacists enter an incorrect dose and our nurses document on an incorrect dose. Has anyone experienced this or found a better way to handle this type of order? Thank you, Alison D. Geier RPh Central Vermont Medical Center 1-(802)-371-4866 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l_mtusers.com To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please visit and add information to the MTUsers WikiPedia at MTUsers.NET/mwiki ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l_mtusers.com
