Recording Drug Allergy
Vision Anywhere supports the recording of both drug and non-drug allergies.
- Open an Encounter.
- Enter 'a' in the dynamic data entry bar to trigger the allergy forms.
- Select Drug Allergy.
The Drug Allergy form displays. - Search for the clinical term for the reaction.
- Record drug name by entering the drug or browsing the drug dictionary.
- Use the drop-down arrows to record:
- Reaction Type
- Certainty
- Severity
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Important - Where an allergy, intolerance or adverse reaction with a Severity of Potentially fatal is added for a medication, you are prevented from prescribing it.
If you add a potentially fatal allergy where the drug is already active on the patient record, you are prompted to review the medication:
Select OK to continue.
- Enter any comments in the Notes field.
- Select Save to finish.