Waste a Medication While Entering Information

NextGen® Medication Inventory Control Help 10.6.3.0

Waste After Medication Saved to Administered Today Grid

Select the medication from the grid above the panels. The medication information enters the Medication Dispensing panel fields. Select the Clear button to the right of the medication information. The application prompts you to confirm that you want to waste the medication. Select Yes. The MLT RFWpicklist opens. Select the reason for waste and click OK. The fields and the grid entry clear. The medication is marked as wasted and removed from inventory. To re-enter medication and administration information for the new medication lot number used, follow the steps under Documenting Dispensed Medications. Parent topic: Waste a Medication from MICS Dispensing

NextGen® Medication Inventory Control Help 10.6.3.0

Document Using QuickPicks

You can use a QuickPick to fill in the template quickly and efficiently. Here we describe using QuickPicks that you built and saved previously (see QuickPick Toolbar). Select the Star button to access the rendering provider’s QuickPicks or the Double-Star button to access System Sets and other providers’ QuickPicks. A picklist opens with the available QuickPicks. Select a QuickPick from the list and click OK. The information populates into the fields of the panel(s) exactly as it was saved, with the Lot Number field saying Required in red. If sub-locations are enabled for your practice, click the Sub-Location field and select the sub-location from which the medication is being used. Select the Lot Number field. A picklist opens. Select the lot number. The system runs a DUR Check for the medication. The expiration date for the selected lot displays in the Exp. Date field. Repeat steps 4-5 for all medications. To add or change information in any field, click the field and enter or select

NextGen® Medication Inventory Control Help 10.6.3.0

Waste a Medication from MICS Dispensing

You can waste a medication for any reason using either of the panels on the MICS Dispensing template. Doing so records the medication as wasted and takes it out of your inventory. You can waste while entering the medication information or after it has been saved in the Medications grid at the top of the template. Waste a Medication While Entering Information Waste After Medication Saved to Administered Today Grid Parent topic: Documenting Dispensed Medications

NextGen® Medication Inventory Control Help 10.6.3.0

Waste a Medication While Entering Medication Information

Enter medication information manually or by scanning the barcode. Select the Clear button. A window opens asking if you want to waste the medication. Select Yes. Note: Clicking No clears out the fields. The MLT Dbpl Waste Reason picklist opens. Select the reason and click OK. The fields clear out and the medication is marked as wasted and removed from inventory. To enter a new medication lot number, follow the steps under Documenting Medications Administered for an Injection. Parent topic: Waste a Medication

NextGen® Medication Inventory Control Help 10.6.3.0

Waste While Entering Information

Enter the vaccine information using manual entry or barcode scanning. Select Clear All. A query window asks if you want to waste the medication. Select Yes. The MLT RFWpicklist window opens. Select the reason for waste and select OK. The fields clear. The vaccine is marked as wasted and removed from inventory. To enter information for a new vaccine lot number, see Documenting Vaccine Administration. Parent topic: Waste a Vaccine

NextGen® Medication Inventory Control Help 10.6.3.0

Mark Medications as Waste Using MICS Med Management

You can mark medications as waste and take them out of the inventory using the MICS Med Management template. Open the MICS Med Management template. Select the prescribed or ordered medication in the Medication Management panel. The details appear in the Manage Selected Medication section. If sub locations are enabled, select the sub location the medication is pulled from. Enter the details of the medication manually or using the bar code. If more than one unit is being dispensed or administered today, click the Rx Quantity field, and change the quantity. Select Clear All. A message appears prompting you to confirm that you want to waste this medication. Select Yes. Note: Selecting No clears the fields. The MLTS RFW picklist appears. Select the reason, and click OK. The medication details are removed, the medication is marked as wasted, and the medication is taken out of the inventory. Parent topic: Managing Medications

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