Function documentationComplex Search Tab Page

 

This tab page contains the most important criteria (e.g. search area and search fields) for a more complex drug search.

The following search criteria are provided on this tab page:

  • Search term

    In this group box you can enter the search term (e.g. asp*) to search for a drug (e.g. Aspirin). The system searches for the search term in all selected search fields.

  • Special request

    Select the Special Request checkbox to search for drugs for a special request. When you search for a special request the system searches through all active drugs of the current catalog of the institution. It will not take into account the usage settings stored for the drugs.

    Note Note

    The Special Request checkbox is not available in the anamnestic drug search. In this mode the system will always search in the entire selected drug catalog.

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  • Phonetic Search

    The Phonetic Search checkbox is only available if you have configured a search procedure to be used in the user-specific presettings, and the drug catalog in which the search is executed has been indexed using this search algorithm. The checkbox controls whether the system searches for drugs phonetically or using a standard search. You can control the presetting of this checkbox using the user-specific presettings. Select the Start with Phonetic Search checkbox on the Search tab page in the Search Mode and Procedure group box in order to start the drug search with a phonetic search. See Search Tab Page

  • Search area and search fields

    In the Search Area and Search Fields group boxes you can select checkboxes in order to restrict the search to the selected search areas and criteria. Note that when searching for favorites the system will now also take into account drug categories as restrictive criteria.

    Example Example

    You search for the search term asp* and select the Drug Catalog search area and Drug Description and Mnemonic as the search fields. The system searches for all drugs in the drug catalog where the drug description or the mnemonic contains the search term asp*.

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    Note Note

    You cannot search for ingredients (Ingredientscheckbox selected in the Search Area group box) if you only chose the Standard Drugs checkbox in the Drug Categories group box; standard drugs do not contain ingredients.

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  • Purpose

    In the search you determine the purpose (e.g. administration, dispensing, print prescription) the system should search for drugs for. Depending on the drug search call, the checkboxes for the order purposes can be selected in different ways:

    • When you call the drug search from the order you must select exactly one order purpose. The results list will contain drugs which are suitable for this order purpose and satisfy the selected search criteria. If you order one of the drugs found, the order purpose for which you searched for drugs, is transferred as the purpose of the order.

    • When you call the drug search to create order templates you can select one or more order purposes. The results list contains all drugs which are permitted for one or more of the order purposes you selected and satisfy the selected search criteria. If you select a drug from the results list for the order template, the system will transfer all order purposes for which the drug is permitted and for which you searched, as the order purposes in the order template. The order template can be used for all of these order purposes.

    • If you call the drug search in the master data maintenance for drugs, you can search for drugs according to their purposes. If you do not select any of the checkboxes in this mode, the system will not take into account the order purpose setting when creating the results list.

  • Drug category

    In this group box you can select the drug category from which you wish to search for drugs. You can search for one category or for several simultaneously. Examples for drug categories are standard drugs (standard), compounds, infusions, nutritional solutions, and drug kits.

    Note Note

    On the Results tab page in the user-specific presettings you can use the Drug Kit group box to determine how the system should display drug kits and their ingredients in the results list. See Results Tab Page

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  • Classification restrictions

    In the Classification Restrictions group box you can enter a classification system and codes as additional search criteria. The system will only search for drugs which match this classification system and code.

    Note Note

    To restrict the results list to classification systems and classification code description, you must enter the classification system and classification code description. If you do not enter a classification code name, the system will not take the selected classification system into account in the search. Note that the system uses the criteria entered in the Classification Restrictions group box as criteria for drugs and order templates.

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If you use the drug search to search for ingredients for mixed drugs, the Simple Search and Complex Search tab pages will contain a radio button for drug types instead of the order purpose checkboxes. This system presets this field with the drug types which would usually be required in the mixed drug. For example, the system presets this list for searching for ingredients for an infusion with the Active Agent of Infusion, Agent of Infusion and Solution drug types.

The system uses the list of drug types entered in this field as selection criteria when compiling the results list. However, you can manually change the drug types preset in the search dialog at any time. In the ingredient search for mixed drugs you can find the checkboxes for order purposes on the Enhanced tab page of the search dialog.