Stopping prescriptions

You can stop prescriptions for regular medications, PRN medications, stat medications, and intermittent infusions. You can also stop fluids and continuous infusions, but the steps are different.

Read about stopping fluids

Read about stopping continuous infusions

To stop a prescription:

1. From your patient list, select a patient.

2. From Chart, select a prescription.

3. Select  > Stop prescription.

4. Select a reason and enter a comment.

   The prescription is removed from the medication chart and can't be administered.

If a medication was prescribed without a duration or end date, prescribers can set an end date from the prescription timeline.

1. From your patient list, select a patient.

2. From Chart, select a prescription

3. Swipe left and right to see future and past doses.

   You can see today, the previous five days, and the next five days.

4. Select a cell under the date you want the course to finish.

5. Select Set as last dose for course.

6. Enter a reason.

You can stop prescriptions for regular medications, PRN medications, stat medications, and intermittent infusions. You can also stop fluids and continuous infusions, but the steps are different.

Read about stopping fluids

Read about stopping continuous infusions

To stop a prescription:

1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Meds.

2. Select .

3. Select a medication.

   The events log The events log has details of prescribing, administration and ordering are included. You can access it by selecting a medication name from the MAR or outpatient prescription list. appears.

   Read more about the events log

4. Select Stop prescription.

5. Select a reason.

6. Optional: enter any notes.

7. Select Stop prescription.

   When a medication is stopped, it no longer appears as a current medication or on the MAR.

8. If you stopped the prescription because the patient had an adverse reaction, you can create a yellow card report. If you don't currently have time to create a yellow card report, you can create one later from  Back office.

   • To create a yellow card report now, select Create Report.

     Read more about creating a yellow card report

   • To not create a yellow card report now, select Ignore.

     You can create a yellow card report later from  Back office.

     Read more about creating yellow card reports from Back office

You can stop one or more prescriptions for the same reason. You can stop prescriptions for regular medications, PRN medications, stat medications, and intermittent infusions.

You can also stop fluids and continuous infusions, but the steps are different.

Read about stopping fluids

Read about stopping continuous infusions

To stop one or more prescriptions:

1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Meds.

2. Select  > Current.

3. Select the medications.

4. Select Stop prescription.

5. Select a reason.

6. Optional: enter any notes.

   If a prescription you are stopping is reconciled to an arrival medicine, the text you entered appears in the discharge letter.

7. Select Stop prescription.

   When a medication is stopped, it no longer appears as a current medication or on the MAR.

8. If you stopped the prescription because the patient had an adverse reaction, you can create a yellow card report. If you don't currently have time to create a yellow card report, you can create one later from  Back office.

   • To create a yellow card report now, select Create Report.

     Read more about creating a yellow card report

   • To not create a yellow card report now, select Ignore.

     You can create a yellow card report later from  Back office.

     Read more about creating yellow card reports from Back office

If a medication was prescribed without a duration or end date, prescribers can set an end date from the MAR.

1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Meds.

2. Select .

3. Find the medication.

4. Use the timeline buttons to scroll backwards or forwards to view past and future doses.

   • Select  or  to move by one day.

   • Select  or  to move by one week.

   • Select T to return to today.

5. Select  under the date you want the course to finish.

6. Select Set as last dose for course.

7. Enter a reason.