If edits to these values cause a change of more than five percent (5%) to the dosing of chemo medications in the session, the orders must be approved by an attending oncologist or pediatric chemotherapy NP or PA. Dosing changes triggered by NP/PA activation must be approved by an attending oncologist.
Check the patient's height and weight as entered, and make changes as needed using Customary US or metric units. The alternative units and BSA are calculated automatically.
Click OK (ALT+O).
If either the weight or the height entry is outside of the expected range for the patient's demographic, you are prompted to validate the entry.
Check the data entered.
To change the height, weight, or both, click Incorrect (ALT+I) and type correct values, then click OK (ALT+ O).
To continue, click Correct (ALT+ O ).