Printing Medication Administration Record (MAR) Charts, Cassette Sheets and Patient Lists

Selecting Patients

Select the patients for whom you want to produce Medication Administration Record (MAR) Charts and Cassette Sheets for by placing a tick next to the patient name, or tick the column header to select all patients:

You can now print the following:

Medication Administration Record (MAR) charts, see Printing MAR Charts.
Mid-Cycle Medication Administration Record (MAR) charts, see Printing a Mid-Cycle MAR Chart.
Cassette sheets, see Printing Cassette Sheets.
Blank Medication Administration Record (MAR) charts, see Printing a Blank MAR Chart.
Patient Lists, see Printing a Patient List for details.

Printing MAR Charts

Training Tip - MAR charts do not include items marked as Mid-Cycle, you need to print a mid-cycle MAR chart separately for the required item.

Training Tip - You can print a Repeat Prescription Request form alongside the MAR chart, see Editing Care Home Settings and Editing Community Patient Settings for details.

Training Tip - A Body diagram can be printed on the MAR chart, see Adding Patient Medication to enable a body diagram to be printed per medication item. The body diagram can be printed either inline, with the item, or on a separate page of the MAR chart, see Editing Care Home Settings and Editing Community Patient Settings for how to set this.

To print a MAR chart:

With the relevant patient(s) selected, select PRINT - MAR:
The Enter Cycle Start Date screen displays, select Start Date to open the calendar and select the date required:

If the patient already has a MAR chart printed for the cycle period, a warning displays:

Select CONFIRM to print the MAR chart again or CANCEL to return to the patient list.
Select SAVE and a preview of the MAR chart(s) displays:

From here you can select Download to download, or Print to print the MAR chart(s).

Example of a Body Diagram:

Example of a Repeat Prescription Request form:

Printing a Mid-Cycle MAR Chart

To print a mid-cycle MAR chart:

With the relevant patient(s) selected, select PRINT - Mid-Cycle MAR:
The Mid-Cycle Items screen displays, select the item to print the MAR chart for:

Note - You can only print a MAR chart for one mid-cycle item at a time.

If no mid-cycle items are available for the patient a warning displays:

Select CONFIRM to close the screen or CANCEL to return to the patient list.
Select PRINT and a preview of the mid-cycle MAR chart(s) displays:

From here you can select Download to download, or Print to print the mid-cycle MAR chart(s).

Printing Cassette Sheets

To print a cassette sheet:

With the relevant patient(s) selected, select PRINT - Cassette:

If the patient has already had a Cassette sheet printed for the cycle period, a warning displays:

Select CONFIRM to print the cassette sheet again or CANCEL to return to the patient list.
The Enter Cycle Start Date screen displays, select Start Date to open the calendar and select the date required:
Select SAVE and a preview of the cassette sheet displays:
From here you can select Download to download, or Print to print the cassette sheet.

Printing a Blank MAR Chart

To print a blank MAR chart:

With the relevant patient(s) selected, select PRINT - Blank MAR:
The Enter Cycle Start Date screen displays, select Start Date to open the calendar and select the date required:
Select SAVE and a preview of the blank MAR chart(s) displays:

From here you can select Download to download, or Print to print the blank MAR chart(s).

Printing a Patient List

To print a patient list:

With the relevant patient(s) selected, select PRINT - Print Patient List:
A preview of the patient list displays:

Note - The patients display in the same order as shown on the screen.

From here you can select Download to download, or Print to print the patient list.

Note - To print this topic select Print

in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.