Drug Allergy/Insensitivity Warning

On prescribing a drug to which the patient has a Drug Allergy and Adverse Reaction recorded (see Adding a Drug Allergy/Adverse Reaction), you will be prompted with the following Drug Sensitivity Warning and are asked: Do you still wish to prescribe this drug?

Drug Allergy/Sensitivity Warning

If you select No, you are taken back to the Therapy Add screen where you can select another drug.

If you select Yes and wish to continue to prescribe the drug, despite the Drug Sensitivity Warning you are prompted with Please enter your reason for overriding this warning. You have the option of entering free text to record why you are prescribing a drug to which the patient has an allergy/intolerance. You do not have to enter a reason for override, although it is strongly advisable.

Enter reason for overriding drug sensitivity warning

• Click Proceed to add the drug to the patient record
• or Do Not Proceed to be taken back to the Therapy Add where you can select another drug.

An audit trail of any free text entered or whether you have bypassed the opportunity to enter free text can be found in the Event Log under Reason for Drug Warning override.

For medication items for which an allergy or adverse reaction is recorded:

• If you prescribe a drug to which the patient has an allergic severity of Minimal, Mild or Moderate recorded, a Medium Level Warning log will be recorded in the Event Log.
• If you prescribe a drug to which the patient has an allergic severity of Severe or Very Severe recorded, a High Level Warning will be recorded in the Event Log.
• You will be prevented from prescribing an item which has a Potentially Fatal record with the following message on a Drug Sensitivities screen: It will not be possible to prescribe this item due to the presence of potentially fatal reactions.