The top section of this alert displays the medication order you are currently writing, and the bottom lists all active medication orders that triggered the duplicate therapy alert. You can keep all, one, some, or none of the orders. You must provide a reason for ordering a new mediation that is a duplicate therapy. See Overview of Duplicate Therapy Interventions.
To open Knowledge Link:
Click to access KnowledgeLink.
Click Exit (ALT+E) to close KnowledgeLink.
Click Pop Out (ALT+P) to open KnowledgeLink in a separate window from the CAS.
Toggle between Order Entry and KnowledgeLink by clicking the icons in the taskbar.
Click to close the KnowledgeLink window.
To stop writing the new order without affecting the existing active orders, click Cancel OR:
Click to select the Do Not Order option in the top section.
Click OK.
To continue the new order without duplicate therapies:
Click to select the Order option in the top section.
Click to select D/C order for all of the active orders in the bottom section.
Click OK (ALT+O).
To stop writing the new order and discontinue one or more existing duplicate therapies:
Click to select the Do Not Order option in the top section.
Click to select D/C order for one or more of the active orders in the bottom section.
Click OK (ALT+O). The summary views of the orders for duplicate therapies are flagged with <DuTx>, and the intervention and override are documented in the order details.
To continue the new order AND one or more existing duplicate therapies:
Click to select the Order option in the top section.
Click to select a reason for ordering these treatments together. For Other, type a reason (limited to the number of characters displayed).
If there is more than one active order in the bottom section, click to select D/C order for any that you do not want to keep.
Click OK (ALT+O). The summary views of the orders are flagged with <DuTx>, and the intervention and override are documented in the order details.