Atlas eMAR is designed to make the administration of medication an easy and straightforward process whilst keeping the residents best interests at the forefront. The Atlas PCS will tell you which residents have medication due, which medication, at what time, in what quantity. All medication dispensed from your allocated pharmacy comes complete with a unique barcode which links that particular medication with the correct resident profile. This medication can only be scanned for administrations when in the correct residents profile which will support you to ensure you are giving the right medication, to the right resident, at the right time.
To account for your administrations follow this process;
1.To begin a medication round on Atlas eMAR you will first need to log on to the device using your unique pin number. Once you have reached the home screen, you will see a button showing in red namedview residents with a number contained in a circle. This number refers to the number of residents that are due to have medication on this particular medication round. Below this there are 5 icons named due now, attempted, due later, away, and missing.
Due now is how many medicines are showing as due to be given at this time, this will be showing in red.
Attempted is medication that was due on the last medication round but the nurse was unable to administer for a variety of reasons, the reason will show up once you click on this icon. This will be showing in orange.
Due later are all the medications that are not due for administration, or have already been administered on this round. This icon will show in green and need no more action for now.
Away is a list of all residents who are away for the home for any period of time, whether in hospital or out on a day trip. This will be showing in blue.
Missing is a list of all medications that, at some point, have not been actioned when due on a medication round. These will need to be actioned as soon as possible. This icon will be showing in red.
The two icons that need to be actioned on a medication round are the due now icon and the attempted icon.
2.Select due now, this will take you through to the list of medication for residents which is due at this particular time. Scan the Residents name label on their medication trolley box and their details will appear, or select their name from the list. The residents list can either be in room order, surname or resident status. Once their record opens there will be a red banner with the wordmedication and the time due at the top of the screen, select this.
3.Once you are able to see the residents list of medication, scan the first box of medication for the resident, or manually select the medication from the list, and select either not given if the medication is refused, or add to pot if you wish to administer the medication.
Do this for all the residents medication until you have actioned all the red items in the list. Then scroll to the bottom of the list and check any "when required" medications that are showing as white. White medications need to be checked on each round so that you are able to check with the resident if these are required during that medication round, white medication will never prompt to be given.
If the medication is not required it will come up with a list of reasons why the medication was not administered at this time, please select the most appropriate of these and, if necessary, add a note to the patients records to explain this further. The add note icon is in the top left-hand corner of the medication list screen, next to the back arrow.
If the medication is required then once you select add to potthe Atlas eMAR will ask you to confirm the amount of tablets to be given. It will also tell you the name of the medication, the strength, the form, the amount to be taken and how often. You are also shown how many tablets you currently have in stock, how many days of stock you currently have, when the medication was last given, and when the medication is due next.
If the medication round is running late then you may be asked to choose a round to allocate the administration to. It is important to ensure that you choose the round closest to the current time as possible so as not to leave too small a gap between administrations.
Once all items in the medication list have been actioned then select confirm pot at the top of the screen above manual managed. Once you select confirm potAtlas eMAR will show a breakdown of the different medications that are about to be administered to the resident. This is shown as tablets, liquids, other, not given and missing. If there are any missing entries then selectcancel and go back into the medication list and action these before confirming your pot. If the list is complete and the resident has physically taken all the medication listed then select confirm.
Once these steps have been completed for all residents you can return to the home screen by pressing the menu icon at the very top left-hand corner of the screen. Then select the orange attempted icon and check that none of these medications are due to be attempted to be administered again on this round. Once this is complete then ensure that there are no missing entries for your round by selecting the red missing icon. Just as you would not leave gaps on a mar chart, you should ensure that all items are actioned on the Atlas eMAR.
Once your medication round has been completedpress syncfrom the main screen to synchronise the device and log out.