Drug Search

The Drug Search screen appears when a user initiates a search from a Drug field.

To Search for a Drug

To search for a drug:

  1. Type a prescription name in the Description field, with or without wild characters, and then press the Enter key or click the Search button to initiate a search.

A list of results matching your search criteria appears:

  1. Locate the drug you are searching for and click Select. The screen closes and the selected drug populates the Drug field on the previous screen.

Note: If there is a generic equivalent for any of the drugs listed, a hyper-linked generic name appears listed under the Generic Name column. Clicking on any of these links, reduces the results list to include only the generic forms of the drug.

The following table describes the Drug Search screen:

Field/Button

Description

Name

This is the drug name. This field supports the use of wild characters. This is a required field.

Dosage

The form in which the drug is supplied: Tablet, capsule, solution etc.

Medium

The method used to administer the drug: Oral, injection, IV etc.

Generic Name

This is the drug's generic name.

Cancel

This button closes the screen without selecting a drug.

Search

This button initiates a search.

Reset

This button clears the search criteria and results list.

Select

Clicking this button closes the screen and adds the selected drug to the drug field on the Rx Pad screen.


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