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Update an allergy

This flow describes how to change the values of a saved allergy in MANSOQ. Pre-requisites - The patient has a saved allergy. - The patient has an open encounter at the facility, and you change the allergy from that encounter. - The encounter is…

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Overview

This flow describes how to change the values of a saved allergy in MANSOQ.

Pre-requisites

Permissions

Permission Access
Can submit questionnaire about patient encounters Lets you submit the allergy screen of the encounter.
Update Encounter related clinical data Lets you change an allergy of the encounter.
Can view clinical data about patients Lets you see the allergies of the patient.

Steps

1. Open the allergy screen

Open the encounter. Go to the Overview tab. Find the Allergies section. Select the edit (pencil) icon.

You can also press the keyboard shortcut a on any encounter screen.

The allergy screen shows the allergies that the patient already has.

2. Find the allergy

Find the row of the allergy in the table.

3. Change the values

Change the values of the row. You can change these values of a saved allergy:

Component Options
Criticality Low, High, Unable to Assess
Status Unconfirmed, Presumed, Confirmed, Refuted, Entered in Error
Occurrence Any date up to today
Note Free text

To change the clinical state, open the more-options (⋮) menu of the row. Select Mark Active, Mark Inactive, or Mark Resolved.

To change the note, open the more-options (⋮) menu of the row. Select Add notes or Show notes.

Note: You cannot change the Substance or the Category of a saved allergy. To correct one of these, record a new allergy. Then mark the incorrect allergy as entered in error.

4. Submit

Select Submit.

Expected Outcome

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Source evidence

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