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If an attempt is made to give a medication too early for the first time, and the next scheduled date/time is greater than the "Acceptable time before and after scheduled administration times to give medications" loaded in the POC Control Table, the following prompt will appear.

 

Early Administration of First Dose

 

 

If Yes is selected, a new scheduled date/time will be associated to the administration. If No is selected, the system will associate the administration to the next scheduled date/time that is closest to the current time.

 

NOTE: This prompt also applies to linked medications given too early on first administered dose.

 

 

Also, If an order is placed with a first dose date and time that is prior to the start date and time, and the frequency selected results in a dose that would be in between the first dose and start, the user may not be aware that there is the potential for a dose to be missed. To prevent this problem, if the first dose is prior to the order start date/time on the Pharmacy Order Entry screen, a warning message will now display.

 

First Dose Date/Time Missed Doses