On occasion it may be necessary to provide an emergency supply of medication while awaiting a prescription. The emergency supply screen has been designed to allow you to provide the medication should you be required to.
How to provide an emergency supply of medication
1. Locate the patient recorded by selecting F9 or using the Care Home Dashboard.
2. Select the Emergency supply tab from the patient record. Select Emergency supply located at the bottom of the screen.
3. The F9 search box will display, search the patients name, select the patient again by clicking the name or pressing enteron your key board.
4. The loan item(s)screen will appear. Input the reason you are supply the loan and select add.
5. The system will ask you to check the dispensing history to see if the item is due for delivery. Select OK, if the item is being dispensed cancel the emergency supply, if not select ok, to close the dispensing history tab.
6. Select an item from the patients repeat med list which is displayed or type the product you wish to dispense into the product box, search and select the item you wish to supply then enter the dosage and the quantity. When all of the relevant information has been inputted select ok.
7. A message will appear on screen to state the item has been sent to the Interim screen (dispensing screen). The item may require a check if it has never been supplied to the patient before or has had a change to the current dosage and will not display on the interim screen until the check has been completed.