The Dosages listed below the Dosage/Rate field come from dosages setup within the NDF. They are Dispense Units Per Dose. The multiple strengths show in this example because the Pharmacy Orderable Item has multiple Dispense Drugs associated which have Dispense Units Per Dose valued.
The steps below can be used to look at all the Dispense Drugs associated a Pharmacy Orderable Item, deleting the defined Dispense Units Per Dose and setting up Local Possible Dosages.
Select Systems Manager Menu Option: Test an option not in your menu
Option entry to test: MSC PHARMACY SUPERUSER PHARMACY SUPERUSER
AR Automatic Replenishment …
CS Controlled Substances Menu …
FM VA FileMan …
OP Outpatient Pharmacy Manager …
UD Unit Dose Medications …
Adverse Reaction Tracking …
Bar Code Medication Administration Manager …
BCMA Backup System Management Menu …
Charge Master Drug Entry
Drug Accountability Menu …
IV Menu …
MailMan Menu …
Medication Administration Menu Pharmacy …
National Drug File Menu …
OTHER PHARMACY DATA MANAGEMENT …
Patient Movements Pharmacy Data Management …
Progress Notes/Discharge Summary [TIU] …
Release user
Reports Menu …
Select PHARMACY SUPERUSER Option: Pharmacy Data Management
Dosages …
Drug Enter/Edit
Drug Interaction Management …
Electrolyte File (IV)
Lookup into Dispense Drug File
Medication Instruction Management …
Medication Routes Management …
Orderable Item Management …
Formulary Information Report
Drug Text Management …
Pharmacy System Parameters Edit
Standard Schedule Management …
Synonym Enter/Edit
Controlled Substances/PKI Reports …
Enhanced Order Checks Setup Menu …
IV Additive/Solution Reports …
340 Alternate Drug Cost
ADM Enter/Edit ADM Item ID
LAB Enter/Edit Drug-Lab Interaction
High Dose Medication Enter/Edit
MED ORDER BUTTON Usage
Select Pharmacy Data Management Option: Orderable Item Management
Edit Orderable Items
Dispense Drug/Orderable Item Maintenance
Orderable Item/Dosages Report
Patient Instructions Report
Orderable Item Report
Select Orderable Item Management Option: Edit Orderable Items
This option enables you to edit Orderable Item names, Formulary status,
drug text, Inactive Dates, and Synonyms.
Select PHARMACY ORDERABLE ITEM NAME: MEPERIDINE INJ,SOLN
Orderable Item -> MEPERIDINE
Dosage Form -> INJ,SOLN
List all Drugs/Additives/Solutions tied to this Orderable Item? YES//
Orderable Item -> MEPERIDINE
Dosage Form -> INJ,SOLN
Dispense Drugs: THESE ARE THE DISPENSE DRUGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED TO THE ORDERABLE ITEM.
————— MEPERIDINE HCL 100MG/ML INJ 20ML MEPERIDINE HCL 100MG/ML INJ TBX 1ML MEPERIDINE HCL 25MG/ML INJ 1ML MEPERIDINE HCL 50MG/ML INJ 1ML MEPERIDINE HCL 75MG/ML INJ 1ML
Are you sure you want to edit this Orderable Item? NO//
• Deleting the Dispense Units Per Dose
Dosages …
Drug Enter/Edit
Drug Interaction Management …
Electrolyte File (IV)
Lookup into Dispense Drug File
Medication Instruction Management …
Medication Routes Management …
Orderable Item Management …
Formulary Information Report
Drug Text Management …
Pharmacy System Parameters Edit
Standard Schedule Management …
Synonym Enter/Edit
Controlled Substances/PKI Reports …
Enhanced Order Checks Setup Menu …
IV Additive/Solution Reports …
340 Alternate Drug Cost
ADM Enter/Edit ADM Item ID
LAB Enter/Edit Drug-Lab Interaction
High Dose Medication Enter/Edit
MED ORDER BUTTON Usage
Select Pharmacy Data Management Option: Dosages
Auto Create Dosages
Dosage Form File Enter/Edit Enter/Edit Dosages
Most Common Dosages Report
Noun/Dosage Form Report
Review Dosages Report
Local Possible Dosages Report
Request Change to Dose Unit
Select Dosages Option: Enter/Edit Dosages
Select Drug: MEPERIDINE HCL 25MG/ML INJ 1ML CN101
This entry is marked for the following PHARMACY packages:
Outpatient
Unit Dose
Home Med
MEPERIDINE HCL 25MG/ML INJ 1ML Inactive Date:
Strength from National Drug File match => 25 MG/ML
Strength currently in the Drug File => 25
Edit Strength? N// O
Strength => 25 Unit =>
Select DISPENSE UNITS PER DOSE: ? Answer with POSSIBLE DOSAGES DISPENSE UNITS PER DOSE: 1 25 I THIS IS THE DISPENSE UNITS PER DOSE FOR THIS DISPENSE DRUG.
You may enter a new POSSIBLE DOSAGES, if you wish
Type a Number between 0 and 99999999, 4 Decimal Digits
Select DISPENSE UNITS PER DOSE: 1 25 I
DISPENSE UNITS PER DOSE: 1// @ DELETING WILL NEED TO BE DONE FOR ALL DISPENSE DRUGS THAT HAVE DISPENSE UNITS PER DOSE DEFINED.
SURE YOU WANT TO DELETE THE ENTIRE ‘1’ DISPENSE UNITS PER DOSE? Yes (Yes)
Strength: 25 Unit: MG/ML
• Adding a Local Possible Dosage
Select LOCAL POSSIBLE DOSAGE: DEMEROL 25MG <–ADD THE DOSAGES YOU WANT FOR THE DISPENSE DRUG. THIS WILL NEED TO BE DONE FOR ALL DISPENSE DRUGS FOR THE ORDERABLE ITEM IF NECESSARY.
Are you adding ‘DEMEROL 25MG’ as a new LOCAL POSSIBLE DOSAGE (the 1ST for this DRUG)? No// Yes (Yes)
LOCAL POSSIBLE DOSAGE: DEMEROL 25MG//
PACKAGE: ?
Enter an ‘I’ for Inpatient, ‘O’ for Outpatient, ‘IO’ or ‘OI’ for both.
Choose from:
I Inpatient
O Outpatient
IO Both
OI Both PACKAGE: IO Both
BCMA UNITS PER DOSE: ?
Type a Number between 1 and 9999, 0 Decimal Digits. If there is a number
entered, it will be used as a default for the Units Per Dose field within
the Unit Dose order.
BCMA UNITS PER DOSE: 1
DOSE UNIT: ?
Enter the Dose Unit to be used with the Numeric Dose for the dosage check
on this Local Possible Dosage.
Inactive Dose Units will not be selectable.
Answer with DOSE UNITS NAME, or FIRST DATABANK DOSE UNIT, or SYNONYM
Do you want the entire DOSE UNITS List?
DOSE UNIT: MG
1 MG-PE 2 MG MILLIGRAM(S)
CHOOSE 1-2: 2 MILLIGRAM(S)
NUMERIC DOSE: ?
Type a Number between .00001 and 99999999999999, 5 Decimal Digits, to be
used with the Dose Unit for the dosage check on this Local Possible
Dosage.
NUMERIC DOSE:
Strength: 25 Unit: MG/ML
Select LOCAL POSSIBLE DOSAGE: ?
Answer with LOCAL POSSIBLE DOSAGE: DEMEROL 25MG IO
You may enter a new LOCAL POSSIBLE DOSAGE, if you wish
Answer must be 1-60 characters in length.
Select LOCAL POSSIBLE DOSAGE:
Select Drug:
The newly created Local Possible Dosage will now show under the Dosage/Rate field. The 25MG/ML is the Strength from the NDF.
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