Create Medication Recipes

Create a medication recipe and immediately start a new prescription for it.

Procedure

  1. From the PatientPatient Search or Patient Queue iconPatient Queue, select the Consult buttonConsult panel.
  2. Select Prescription icon from top of the Consult panel.
  3. In the Prescription panel, in the Recipes section, click Add iconAdd.
    Example Prescription panel with medication recipes
  4. In the Recipes > New Recipe window:
    Example new medication recipe window
    1. In the Recipe Name field, add a descriptive name for the drug recipe. For example, Boric acid 1g.
    2. From the Form list, select the form of the drug. For example, Solution.
    3. In the Ingredients/Recipe field, enter the drug recipe. For example, Mix 20mL of 5% Boric Acid solution with 40mL of deionised or distilled water.
      Tip: Enlarge the text area using the drag handle.
    4. If required, complete the other fields:
      • In the Qty field, enter the total volume of the preparation and the units. For example, 60mL.
      • In the Rpts field, enter the default number of repeats displayed when prescribing the item.
      • If this recipe is on the PBS, select PBS.
  5. Once you have completed all the details, click Save.

Results

This saves the recipe and immediately starts a new prescription for it.

Alternatively click Save & New to save the recipe and immediately begin creating a new recipe.

The new drug recipe is displayed in the drug browser and can be prescribed in future.

When a script using an drug recipe is printed, the formulation (or drug recipe) is printed on the script below the name of the item.

What to do next

If you need to modify a recipe, create a new one and the delete the old version.