I am working with our nursing staff now, the feedback I am getting is they do not want the strength. If the patient doesn't know the strength they were taking, nursing is hesitant to pick one of the entries.
I have created an "Unidentified" allergen for them to place these "questionable" entries in. Then the Pharmacist codes them appropriately. Carol Carolyn Muhlbauer Assist. Director Applications, Development and Support Doylestown Hospital 595 W. State St. Doylestown, PA 18901 215-345-2408 -----Original Message----- From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Charlie Downs Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 7:44 AM To: Thompson, Jeff; MEDITECH-L@MTUsers.com Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] Fw: Allergens Jeff- I checked with Melinda and somehow it was left off of the tape. However, if we are talking strengths, why don't they list the different strengths for things like Lanoxin, Zestril, Lipitor, etc. I don't see where Darvocet-N is any different from these. I've never had a patient give a strength when giving me an allergy, so if they don't give a strength, then it is up to us to arbitrarily pick a strength, which may be incorrect. If they were being consistent, then they would display strengths for everything. Charlie Charles Downs Pharm.D. Washington County Hospital Inpatient Pharmacy 251 E. Antietam Street Hagerstown, MD, 21740 301-790-8904 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thompson, Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charlie Downs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <MEDITECH-L@MTUSERS.COM> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:37 AM Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Fw: Allergens 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. 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