Enter the Medication Allergy Details
- After you selected an Allergen and Allergy Type, select a Location and Provider.
- Select the Intolerance checkbox if the patient is intolerant to the medication.
- To specify the severity of the allergy, select a Severity from the list.
- To specify that the allergy you are adding is recorded elsewhere, select the Recorded Elsewhere checkbox.
The Source field is available to enter a source.
- To enter the date the allergy or its symptoms began, select the Onset/Sym Search button. A calendar opens to select an onset date.
- To enter the date the allergy was resolved, select the Resolved Search button. A calendar opens to select a resolved date.
Note: If the Onset Date or Resolved date is unknown, you can use 00/00/0000.
- To specify the type of reaction the patient has due to the medication allergy, select the Reaction arrow and select a reaction type from the list.
- Verify the Allergy Type field specified in the Allergy Selection window.
- Enter additional comments in the Allergy Comments field.
- To save the medication allergy, select Add.
Note: Adding a new allergy to the patient chart automatically triggers the Drug-Allergy Interactions Check. If an interaction exists, a warning window appears. The display of allergy interaction is based on the display levels set for the system and/or a specific user.
- Select Clear to reset the data fields to their default values to add another allergy.