Guidance – Drug Administration
Introduction
The Design Guidance – Drug Administration document provides you with guidance and
recommendations for displaying a patient’s medication administration information
in clinical applications. It enables unambiguous display of administration information,
while enhancing patient safety and clinical application usability by:
- Displaying rich medication information effectively, such as administration history, administration plan and medication item types
- Allowing quick identification and location of items that require immediate attention or may be useful to monitor (reducing the risk of them going unnoticed)
- Supporting efficient and accurate recording of the administration results, such as timing, administrator details, deviations and exceptions
- Electronically mirroring the format of current drug charts
- Displaying complex schedules effectively