MTW IT Service Desk

Please Note:

- The Patient’s allergy status must be reviewed by clinical staff at every visit

- Allergies can be added, discontinued and marked as reviewed

- Allergies will continue to be recorded in Nursing and Doctor’s paper notes and drug charts

- Allergies recorded in PAS will manually be moved across to Sunrise

- At go live allergy recording in PAS will be switched off 

- Departments using Sunrise will be expected to record allergies on Sunrise

- Allergies added manually at go live will need to be reviewed and detail added as appropriate

Step

Tips/notes

1

With the patient in context, click on the ‘Allergies Summary’ icon on the toolbar

2

The Allergies/Intolerances Summary View pop-up will show.  To add a new allergy, click on the ‘Add New’ button at the bottom of the pop-up

3

The ‘Allergy Type’ pop-up shows.  If the Patient has no known allergies, click on the relevant radio button and then click on the ‘Close’ button.

3a

The ‘Allergy Type modification confirmation’ pop-up will appear to save those changes.  Click on the ‘Yes’ button

4

If a new allergy is to be recorded, click on the ‘Enter New Allergy/Intolerance’ button

5

The ‘Allergy Details’ screen will display, to allow the allergy information to be recorded.  

The fields with a red box in are mandatory fields and must be completed.

6

When completed, click on the ‘OK’ button

7

The allergy will now show on the Summary pop-up

8

Note – If the allergy added was not a Drug Allergy, you will have an additional allergy inserted on the Summary Pop-Up screen, stating ‘Drug Allergies Not Recorded’ and the ‘Add NKDA’ (No Known Drug Allergies) button will become activated at the bottom of the screen

9

Before clicking on the ‘Close’ button at the bottom of the pop-up screen you need to acknowledge the fact that the patient at this current time has no known drug allergies, click on the ‘Add NKDA’ button.

The ‘Drug Allergies Not Recorded’ line will now change to ‘No Known Drug Allergies’, then click ‘Close’

10

Note – If you don’t acknowledge the ‘Add NKDA’ and just click on close, a pop-up warning screen will appear

Click on the ‘Add NKDA’ as it is a mandatory field and you will return to the main screen.

Step

Tips/notes

1

With the patient in context, click on the ‘chevrons’ in the bottom right of the Patient Banner

2

This opens up the lower banner so further information can be seen

3

If a patient already has an allergy recorded, this will show under the chevrons.

If you need to view or add additional allergies, you can click on the ‘View Allergies Summary’ link in the bottom left corner and the ‘Allergies/Intolerances Summary View’ pop-up will display

4

If the patient has no allergies recorded, you will need to click onto the ‘Allergies Summary’ icon from the toolbar

5

With the ‘Allergies/Intolerances Summary View’ pop-up displayed, click on the ‘Add New’ button at the bottom of the pop-up and follow steps 3-10 in option 1

Step

Tips/notes

1

With the patient in context, to view the allergies or record a new allergy, click on the ‘Allergies View/Add’ button within the Clinical Document

2

The Allergies/Intolerances Summary View pop-up will show.  To add a new allergy, click on the ‘Add New’ button at the bottom of the pop-up and follow steps 3 to 10 in option 1