Hi, Charlie. Respectfully, I'm going to disagree. I think the lookup is the Brand name of the drug. This makes it easier for non-pharmacy users to be more exact. I've noticed that if the strength is included in the Brand name it seems to be there. I do realize that not having DCN 100 doesn't fit this so it should be added to be consistent.
Jeff Thompson, R.Ph. Pharmacy Informatics Newman Regional Health Emporia, KS 66801 Direct: 620-340-6150 -----Original Message----- From: meditech-l@MTUSERS.COM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Downs Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:34 AM To: MEDITECH-L@MTUSERS.COM Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Fw: Allergens Below is a message that I sent to Melinda Carson at FDB regarding the way the allergens pick list from FDB looks. I wanted to know if people agree with what I am asking them to do? Thanks, Charlie > Melinda - Last night I was staffing and noticed that when I entered an > allergy for Darvocet, I got the following choices: > Darvocet-N 50 Multiple > Darvon Multiple > Darvon Compound 32 Multiple > Darvon Compound-65 Multiple > Darvon-N Multiple > > Darvocet-N 100 wasn't even listed, so shouldn't it be? The other > option is to just not put a strength and just have Darvocet-N. The > same for Darvon Compound - why not get rid of the strength. I've never > seen a strength listed for a med when it is listed as an allergy. > > Also, Vicodin and Lortabs are listed kind of the same way > 1 Vicodin Multiple > 2 Vicodin ES Multiple > > 1 Lortab Multiple > 2 Lortab 10/500 Multiple > 3 Lortab 7.5 Multiple > 4 Lortab Elixir Multiple > > Something like Zocor isn't listed separately for each strength, so > neither should any drug - it makes no sense. Granted if we are looking > at excipient allergies, it may be an issue, but like I said, I've > never seen a strength written on an allergy in my entire life. > Thanks, > Charlie > > Charles Downs Pharm.D. > Washington County Hospital > Inpatient Pharmacy > 251 E. Antietam Street > Hagerstown, MD, 21740 > 301-790-8904 ***** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ***** This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the MTUsers WikiPedia at MTUsers.NET/mwiki ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list meditech-l@MTUsers.com http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the MTUsers WikiPedia at MTUsers.NET/mwiki ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list meditech-l@MTUsers.com http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
