Local Administration Times and Dose Codes

Setting up Dosage Codes and Administration Times (4:29)

Managing Local Administration Times and Dose Codes

To manage local administration times that are used at a home by home basis:

  1. From the Pharmacy Manager Side Navigation Bar select MDS .
  2. From the Care home drop down menu, select the required care home.
  3. Select Care home information :

  1. The Nursing Home Details screen displays.

To amend local administration times that are used at a home by home basis:

  1. From Times, select the administration time slot you want to amend, for example, MORN.

  2. Select Change :

Note - To remove an administration time slot, select Clear .

  1. The Enter Time screen displays.

  2. Enter the updated time, for example, 8AM, and select OK :

The time updates accordingly.

To add a dose code to an local administration time slot, used at a home by home basis:

  1. From Times, select the administration time slot that you want to add a dose code to.

  2. Select Change :

  1. The Enter Time screen displays.

  2. Select Add :

Note - To remove an dose code, select Remove .

  1. The Find Direction screen displays:

  2. Within Text, search for the required direction, for example, After food.

  3. Select Find :

  1. All directions that match your search term display.

  2. Select the required direction and select OK .

The dose code is added to the administration time slot: