Patient Details - Suppressions

The Patient Details - Suppressions tab screen displays any interactions that have been suppressed for this patient. You would suppress an interaction if a patient regularly takes two medications that interact, but are stabilised, making the alert unnecessary:

To access the Patient Details - Suppressions tab, either:

• From the Find Patient screen, find the patient and then select Details or press Alt + D on your keyboard.

• From the Dispensary screen, select either:

  • Information next to the patient's name:

    

  • F3 on your keyboard, this opens the Patient Details screen on the Other tab.

  • Or, F6 on your keyboard, this opens the Patient Details screen on the Medication tab.

Navigate to the Suppressions tab.

From the Suppressions tab you can view suppressed reactions for the patient:

Select from the following:

• Details - Select Details to view the explanation of the suppressed reaction. The Explanation screen displays:

  

  Select OK to close.

• Delete - Select Delete to delete the suppression. The Remove Suppression screen displays:

  

  Select Yes to remove the suppression, future reactions display on the Dispensary screen.

From the bottom of the Patient Details - Suppressions screen you can select:

• Delete - A warning displays, you can only delete the patient from the Patient tab.

• OK - To save the changes and close the Patient Details screen.

• Cancel - To close the Patient Details screen without saving any changes.

• Apply - To save any changes made but leave the form on your screen. You can then select Close to close the Patient Details screen when you are ready.