Upcoming Changes to Physician's Order Form
Changes to this form include:
* renaming the form to acknowledge the prescribing privileges of various disciplines enabled by the Health Professions Act; please refer to the formulary http://phcconnect/program_9713/subprogram_9719/index.htm for specific policies regarding medications and their ordering
* a listing of unsafe abbreviations known to be commonly implicated in medication errors and their safe alternatives to be used when writing medication orders
* deletion of the Automatic Stop Order listing; this information can be accessed from the formulary at the hyperlink above
* a listing of anti-infective doses and current costs on the reverse of the form to support the cost-effective prescribing of these agents
The decision to delete the "Antibiotic Orders" form was based on the safety advantage of using a common, chronological order process for all medications. With the deletion of the "Antibiotic Orders" form, clinicians may find it challenging to isolate the names, durations, sequence, and combinations of anti-infective agents used in an individual patient from their healthcare record. Therefore, Pharmacy has created a report that will allow the printing, in chronological order, of all anti-infective agents prescribed for an individual patient during their current admission; please contact the Pharmacy to request this report (entitled "PHC Anti-infectives All Orders") for a specific patient.
Please do not hesitate to contact me, or Suzanne Tytler (604-682-2344 x.62956) if you have any questions.
Fruzsina Pataky
Regional Medication Safety Coordinator
VCH-PHC Pharmacy Services
Phone: 604-875-4111 x.67607
Mobile: 604-551-7888