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2013 Format

Requirement ID:

Req-273

Title:

Support for Medication and Immunization Administration

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STATEMENT: Alert providers to potential administration errors (such as wrong patient, wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong route and wrong time) in support of safe and accurate medication administration and support medication administration workflow.
DESCRIPTION: To reduce medication errors at the time of administration of a medication, the patient is positively identified; checks on the drug, the dose, the route and the time are facilitated. Documentation is a by-product of this checking; administration details and additional patient information, such as injection site, vital signs, and pain assessments, are captured.
Access to drug monograph information may be provided to allow providers to check details about a drug and enhance patient education. Workflow for medication administration is supported through prompts and reminders regarding the "window" for timely administration of medications.

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