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Dispense a medication for a patient to take home

If necessary, you can identify that you prescribed and dispensed medication for a patient to take home.

To dispense a medication for a patient to take home, do this procedure.
Note: SmartFlow cannot automatically print a label for a medication. If you must print a label, use your practice information management system (PIMS).
  1. Go to the whiteboard.
  2. Select the applicable patient card.
    SmartFlow shows the patient's flowsheet.
  3. Select the plus button that is adjacent to MEDICATION.
    The plus button that is adjacent to the MEDICATION treatment type
    SmartFlow shows the Add Medication dialog box.
  4. Use the Name box to select the applicable medication.
    The Name box
  5. Select Add.
    The Add button
    SmartFlow shows the treatment settings.
  6. In the Route box, enter Dispensed.
    The Route box
  7. In the Total volume box, enter the applicable quantity of the medication that you must dispense.
    The Total volume box
  8. Make the other settings as necessary.
  9. Select Done.
    The Done button
    The MEDICATION section of the flowsheet shows the medication.
  10. Select the scheduled treatment task.
    SmartFlow shows a box that you can use to record information.
  11. Enter the applicable information (for example, your initials).
The flowsheet shows:
  • The name of the medication
  • The total quantity of the medication that you dispensed
  • The time that you dispensed the medication
Figure 1. Example of dispensed medication information

Example of dispensed medication information