Files > MEDICATION ROUTES

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MEDICATION ROUTES

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51.2

location

^PS(51.2,

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	name(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT		B	This is a route of administration for a medication. a patient.
1	abbreviation	0;3	FREE TEXT		C	This is an abbreviation for the medication route entered. If an abbreviation is found for a medication route, the abbreviation will be used on various reports. the Latin form of the medication route name. In most cases, medication routes can be selected by abbreviation.
3	package use	0;4	SET OF CODES	0:NATIONAL DRUG FILE ONLY 1:ALL PACKAGES		The National Drug File uses far more Med Routes than need to be selected by Inpatient personnel. This field is used to screen out Med Routes not needed by the Inpatient packages. med route is for use only by the National Drug File.
4	outpatient expansion	0;2	FREE TEXT			This is the Medication route's expansion to be use in the Outpatient Pharmacy. Pharmacy.
4.1	other language expansion	0;7	FREE TEXT			This field is used to store the other language expansion.
5	inactivation date	0;5	DATE-TIME			This is the date that the medication route was inactivated.
6	iv flag	0;6	BOOLEAN	0:NO 1:YES		This field shall designate IV medication routes. This will help determine how Inpatient Medication orders entered through CPRS will be finished in the Pharmacy package.
7	standard med route change log	2;0	MULTIPLE	51.27		This multiple will track all changes made to the STANDARD MEDICATION ROUTE (#10) Field, which is the pointer to the STANDARD MEDICATION ROUTES (#51.23) File.
8	prompt for inj. site in bcma	0;8	BOOLEAN	0:NO 1:YES		The purpose of this field is to provide a way to indicate that a medication route needs to have a prompt for injection site in BCMA.
9	dsply on ivp/ivpb tab in bcma?	0;9	BOOLEAN	0:NO 1:YES
10	standard medication route	1;1	POINTER	51.23		This is a pointer to the Standard Medication Routes (#51.23) File. This link will allow standardization of the local Medication Route, to be used for various purposes, such as using a Standard Med Route for Vendor order checks.