practiX - August 2009
Clearing immunisation warnings
In this month’s Hot Tip,
we explain the process of clearing outstanding immunisations. For example, if a
patient has transferred from another practice and has their immunisation up to
date you have two choices:
1
record the past immunisations into practiX as previously
given; or
2
skip the warnings whether they have been given or not
We will be explaining
the second method of skipping immunisation warnings.
Skipping immunisation warnings by age
Open a patient’s health
record:
Ř
Select Immunisation
from either
the Health Summary View or Consultation Tools
Ř
Right click on the Age column heading you would like to
skip warnings up to (eg right click on 12 years for all warnings up to and
including 12 years)
Ř
Select skip
warning up to this age > for
all diseases
Ř
Provided you would like practiX to skip the warnings for all
outstanding immunisations up to this age as complete, select ‘Yes’
Ř Continue with your
consultation as required, all immunisations up to the age you have selected will
now be considered cleared.
Skipping immunisation warnings by disease
Open a patient’s health
record:
Ř
Select Immunisation
from either
the Health Summary View or Consultation Tools
Ř
Right click on a red overdue check box corresponding with
the disease you wish to skip warnings for
Ř
Select skip
warning up to this age > for this
disease
Ř
Provided you would like practiX to skip the warnings for the
selected disease up to this age as complete, select ‘Yes’
Ř Continue with your consultation
as required, warnings for this disease up to the age you have selected will now
be considered cleared.
Immunisation schedule/warning window
It is important to
understand the immunisation warning screen and the legend at the bottom of the
screen which displays the following:
This is reporting only on immunisations recorded in practiX.
Red
= Overdue –
Although stated as overdue there maybe a number of scenarios where this isn’t
the case. As mentioned earlier they may have had the immunisations elsewhere or
before you started using practiX. Alternatively, the patient/guardian may have
chosen not to be immunised against the particular diseases.
White = Not
Overdue – This
is not due.
Green = Given or Skipped – It is very important to understand that green does
not mean it was given. As the legend states it is either given or skipped. To
view what was given go to the History button at the top of
all immunisation screens.
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