Procedure documentationCreating Subordinate Drugs

 

You can create a subordinate drug for the drug which is selected in the drug management navigation area.

The system will automatically assign the subordinate drug to the next lowest drug level. If you only use one drug level, you cannot use this function.

Note Note

You should note that you can only use this function to create standard drugs as subordinate drugs.

The following drugs cannot be assigned to another drug and therefore included in a drug hierarchy.

  • Drugs of the patient's own medication (Pat. Own Med. indicator on the General tab page in the drug master)

  • Drugs where the Type of Drug Category is not equal to the value "Standard Drugs" (for example infusions with the "Fixed" or "Changeable" type of drug category)

End of the note.

Prerequisites

You have defined several drug levels for the internal drug catalog in use.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation area, select a drug for which you wish to create a subordinate drug, and then choose Create Subordinate Drug (Create Subordinate Drug).

    Note Note

    As the drug to be created should be created at the next lowest drug level, you cannot use this function for drugs at the lowest level.

    The Create Standard Drug dialog box appears.

    End of the note.

  2. Enter the required mnemonic and the drug category (for standard drugs) for the drug to be created and confirm by choosing Transfer (Transfer).

    The system transfers the information on the internal drug catalog (formulary), the drug level and the superordinate drug from the drug selected in the navigation area.

    The Create Standard Drug dialog box appears. See Creating Standard Drugs

  3. Enter the required data.

    When you create a subordinate drug the system transfers all information from the superordinate drug which can or must be inherited.

    See Inheritance of Attribute Values to Subordinate Drugs

    The system will not, for example transfer the following data into the drug to be created.

    • Drug Name

    • Drug description

    • Status and corresponding validity of drug (e.g. active)

    • Information which you can flag for inheritance in the superordinate drug, but have no selected (e.g. references to external catalogs, drug messages, general parameters, etc.)

  4. Save the new drug.