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Medicines, given and recorded in the same minute.

The round lists each resident's medicines and when they are due. The person giving each dose signs for it with their own PIN at the time, and that is the record an inspector reads.

A medicine round in Atara Care listing residents, their medicines and the times due
  • One round, one screen

    Morning, lunch, tea and night rounds list every resident with a dose due and offer Administer and Omit on each dose. A dose not given records the reason: refused, asleep, nausea, nil by mouth, absent or other.

  • Prescriptions from the NHS dictionary

    Medicines are selected from the NHS dm+d dictionary, so the name, form and strength are the published ones. A code the dictionary has withdrawn is not accepted.

  • Controlled drugs, two people, two PINs

    By default, giving, adjusting, counting and destroying a controlled drug requires a second person with their own PIN and the witness competency. A home may allow a single administrator for a dose, with a written reason each time. The register cannot be edited afterwards; a correction is made as a new witnessed entry.

Controlled drugs

A register that keeps its own history

The running balance is calculated for you and can never be typed over. A balance that would go below zero is not permitted. Every entry is signed by the person who made it.

  • Witness PIN and competency checked before an entry is accepted
  • Nothing in the register can be edited or deleted
  • A stock count requires a witness and a two-factor sign-in
The controlled drugs ledger with a witness column and the running balance

Prescriptions and PRN

The prescription as the pharmacy wrote it

Add a prescription by searching the dm+d dictionary. An as-required dose needs a reason for giving it, and the outcome is recorded later in the nurse's own words.

  • Suspend, resume or stop a prescription, with the change dated and named
  • Covert administration needs a capacity assessment and a two-factor sign-in
  • National Patient Safety Alerts are received from the MHRA feed every day
The new prescription form with a search of the NHS dm+d dictionary

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