ARTICLE: Medication Nil Dispensed and Student Refused

ARTICLE: Medication Nil Dispensed and Student Refused

The Medications module is still the most popular and important extension module within Reach, and within this document we cover those moments when students refuse medication or an item is not dispensed for any reason.

Let's highlight the field: "Was the medication dispensed successfully?"
Three options are provided to explain the outcome of the dispensing process;
  1. Medication was dispensed successfully
    1. This is the default state of the field
    2. With this setting, the system proceeds as normal
  2. No medication was dispensed to the patient
    1. Medication that has not been administered (ie: zero administered)
    2. This setting may be used in the instance of the student's health not aligning with the requirements of the prescription at that scheduled time
  3. Patient refused medication 
    1. In the event that a student refuses to take the scheduled medication
    2. This setting will reflect that occurrence in the historic data
When options two and three are selected, the Dosage quantity will automatically switch to zero (0), this can be accompanied with an appropriate note to further explain the situation.

When a PMO medication is processed in this manner, it will move down to the administered table at the bottom of the dispensary as standard, however, a blue P icon will appear to reflect the line item is a PMO medication, also, if the medication was not administered a red exclamation icon will also appear.




NOTE: Only staff who have MED_ADMINISTER setting switched on in their profile permissions will be able to administer medications in the dispensary.


Additional information regarding the Medications Module can be found with the following items;
Videos: Medications Module   /   Parental Permissions 
Guides: Configuring the Dispensary   /   Administering Medications
Articles: Medications Module    /    Configuring Medication Alerts    /   Setup Medications



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