Order Medications—Using the Coumadin/Warfarin Adult Dose Adjuster

 

The Warfarin Dose Adjuster (WDA) is available if the selected medication is Coumadin (Warfarin Sodium), the administration route is PO, and the selected patient is an adult.

  1. Click Warfarin Dose Adjuster (ALT+W).

  2. Read the calculator message, then click OK.

  3. Complete calculations as appropriate.
    The calculator page and taskbar icon at the bottom are named "WARFARIN DOSE ADJUSTER"—if you click a link that opens a different page, click the taskbar icon to get back to the calculator.

  4. Click closeWindowX.gif in the upper right to close the calculator and any other unneeded pages.

  5. Complete the dosing as appropriate (see options above) using the calculated dose.