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- New Pediatric Dosing Weight BPA
Accuracy in dosing weight is critical for patient safety and effective treatment. To support clinical decision-making by ensuring accurate dosing information, a new Best Practice Advisory (BPA) notification will fire for prescribers to help identify pediatric patients who are <1 year old with a dosing weight recorded on the current encounter and the most recent recorded dosing weight is >7 days old.
Prescribers will see the following BPA options:
Prescribers will see the following BPA options:
- Update Dosing Weight (via flowsheet row in BPA)
- Update Weight (via flowsheet row in BPA)
- Place Order: Update Dosing Weight (NUR792) preconfigured with a comment “Reweigh patient and discuss with Most-Responsible-Provider to determine the most appropriate dosing weight for the patient". 24-hour lockout will be applied to the notification.
- Acknowledgement Reason: “Remind me in 1 hour”
Note: To view the most recent weight and dosing weight recorded, click the wrench icon in the upper right corner of the window and select the “Show Last Filed Value” checkbox (click on the camera icon to see a screenshot).
For more information on weight-based dosing, see the tip: