Documenting Exceptions in Pharmacy Connect

A tracked medication may not be reconciled due to issues outside the clinical team's control. For example, a network issue could prevent systems from communicating, or a medication may be misidentified. Whatever the reason, clinicians can choose to document the exception and override the validation alerts, hard or soft, to finish the anesthesia record.

All documented exceptions are flagged and appear in the Web Admin's Pharmacy Usage report for review.

Note: Documenting an exception is a configurable feature with Anesthesia Touch. It may not be appropriate for all clinical workflows and may not be enabled in all instances. If Exception is not visible at the bottom of Med Recon, the feature is unavailable in that instance.

To document an exception, do the following in Anesthesia Touch:

1. In the Patients list in Anesthesia Touch, tap the patient record and Intraop.
2. If you see alerts stating that a drug cannot be reconciled, tap Med Recon at the bottom.
   
   
   1. The Med Recon list will be displayed.
      
3. At the bottom, tap Exception.
   
4. The list of exceptions will be displayed. Type a comment and tap Save.
   
   1. To clear the exception, tap Clear and Yes in the Warning box.

Anesthesia Touch will clear validation alerts for Med Recon. This will only affect the current record. The alerts will remain cleared regardless of additional dispenses, returns, wastes, or documented administrations. However, Med Recon will continue to display the reconciliation balance as new data is added to the record.

Clinicians can clear an exception before finishing the case if an exception should be cleared, such as the systems re-connecting before the case is complete.

To clear a documented exception, do the following in IntraOp:

1. On the Med Recon screen, tap Exception.
2. At the top of Document Exceptions, tap Clear.
   
3. Tap Yes on the Warning dialog.
   

If the reconciliation is not balanced, Anesthesia Touch will present validation alerts as before. This will include presenting alerts as configured when finishing a case.