[MT-L] Allergies Version 2

[Helen Jose]

We recently went live with Version 2 Allergies. What are other sites
doing when allergies are unknown, (patient unable to communicate)?
Pharmacy is being flagged with the enter allergies flag. They are
reluctant to enter "NKDA". Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Helen Jose, Clinical Analyst

RN, CCRN, BSN, CEN

360-537-6019

Aberdeen, WA 98520

hj...@whnet.org

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[Loso, Tina]

In these cases we use an entry that says "No allergy information available"

Hope this helps.

Tina Loso
IS Analyst
Information Systems
Central Vermont Medical Center
802.371.4584
Tina...@CVMC.org

[Alan Miller]

We use this as well (reluctantly). Yeah, the PHA module is happy and you can then enter orders once you do this, but our PHA employees tend to think their allergy entry job is finished at this point. Be careful if you use this approach routinely, you're setting yourself up for problems since nothing is being screened. I police this and remove any such entries the next day.

Alan Miller, RPh
Pharmacist Informaticist
Patient Care Information Systems
Catawba Valley Medical Center
810 Fairgrove Church Road
Hickory, NC 28602
828-326-3611

>>> "Loso, Tina" <Tina...@cvmc.org> 02/08/2010 15:44 >>>

Hope this helps.

Thank you,

Helen Jose, Clinical Analyst

RN, CCRN, BSN, CEN

360-537-6019

Aberdeen, WA 98520

hj...@whnet.org

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[Charles Downs]

You should have UNKNOWN or UNABLE TO OBTAIN or PATIENT UNCONSCIOUS or similar "dummy" entries for the nurses to enter. However, someone is going to have to eventually go back and followup and that is a process that there is no good answer for unless you run a daily report looking for these dummy entries and have someone follow up on them.
Charlie

Charles Downs PharmD
Information Services Pharmacist
Washington County Hospital
251 E. Antietam Street
Hagerstown, MD, 21740
301-790-8904

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Thank you,

Helen Jose, Clinical Analyst

RN, CCRN, BSN, CEN

360-537-6019

Aberdeen, WA 98520

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