Give medication with the eMAR

Available to

Nurses and pharmacy professionals.

The eMAR (electronic medication administration record) is where ward-administration orders are charted. Each scheduled dose is a record you complete at the bedside.

Administer a dose

Open Pharmacy → eMAR. The list opens on the Due filter.
Open the dose. Check the patient, product, route and scheduled time.
Scan the patient's wristband and the medication barcode. If either does not match the order, nothing is given.
Enter the Dose Given, and the Lot where required.
For a controlled medication, add a Witness User who is a different person.
Select Administer, or Administer (Late) if it is outside the scheduled window.

Other actions

Button	Use it when
Hold, Refused, Omitted	The dose is not given. Enter a Reason.
Waste	Part of the dose was discarded. Enter the wasted quantity and a reason.
Return to Pharmacy	The dose is returned unused. Enter the quantity.
Mark as Error	The record was charted wrongly. Enter why, and chart a new record.
Print IV Bag Label, Print Syringe Label, Print High-Alert Label	You need a bedside label.

eMAR statuses

eMAR status	Meaning
`Scheduled`	Due, not yet charted.
`Administered`, `Administered Late`	Given.
`Held`, `Refused`, `Omitted (Missed)`	Not given, with a reason.
`Wasted`, `Returned`	Discarded or returned.
`Entered in Error`	Withdrawn as an error.

A second nursing view of the same work is under Nursing → Medication Round. See Give medication on the medication round.

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