September 10, 2013—Chemotherapy: Preventing Recalculation of Weight-Based Dosing
Providers writing orders for outpatient chemotherapy can update the weight with the click of a button if the patient has a weight on record in the outpatient LMR (Longitudinal Medical Record). If you do not use the weight from the LMR, your entry is compared to the LMR record. If the difference between the weights is greater than 5%, you must confirm your intention to ignore the weight from the LMR, and provide a reason; when you do so, the option to prevent recalculation of the weight-based dosing upon activation is selected automatically, with the same reason.
This automatic "Do Not Recalculate" setting applies to all weight-based orders in the chemo folder. To allow recalculation at activation of weight-based dosing for any chemo medication, select the order in the regimen or protocol Chemo folder, click the Do not change dosing calculation tab, and click to uncheck the option.
The setting is carried forward for ordering from previous. See Overview of Reusing Previous Chemo Orders.
More information:
Ordering Chemotherapy > Edit a Chemo Order > If needed, prevent recalculation.