This needs the Medication (eMAR) module. If you cannot see it, ask your organisation owner. The Elate team turns the module on for your organisation.
Record a dose
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Open the medicines for this visit
Open the visit and go to Tasks. The Medication block at the top shows how many doses are due. A label such as “2 to record” means doses are waiting, and Allergy recorded means a medicine conflicts with a recorded allergy. Tap the block to open it. You can also tap Medication on the My day card.
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Check before you start
Read Check the current instructions: confirm the person, the medicine and the directions.
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Choose the dose
Tap the dose. Each shows its time, the dose and how it is taken, with Outcome needed until it is recorded. Medicines taken only when needed are listed under As required. Tap the one you need (it says Tap to record). If it says Too soon since the last dose or Maximum for 24 hours given, the minimum gap or the 24-hour limit on the person’s record has been reached.
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Read the medicine details
Record medication shows the medicine, the dose and the instructions, any warnings, and the person’s allergies. Tap NHS medicine guide to read about the medicine on nhs.uk.
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Choose the outcome
Under What was the outcome?, choose what happened. See the table below.
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Answer any follow-up questions
The app asks only what this outcome needs. See What the app asks for.
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Record it
Tap the button at the bottom. It names what you are recording, for example Record as given. If it is greyed out, the line above it says what is still missing.
Outcomes
A dose with nothing recorded shows as Nothing recorded on the chart.
What the app asks for
Witnesses for controlled drugs
Under Who witnessed it?, choose a colleague from the list, or type a name in Someone else, by name. If nobody was there, choose a reason under Or nobody was available: Working alone, Family member not present or Other. The witness’s name is recorded on the chart. It is not a second signature. A refused controlled drug needs no witness.After you record
The dose shows its outcome and your initials. If you open a dose someone has already recorded, the app shows Already recorded with who recorded it. An entry on the chart is never deleted, only corrected, so if it is wrong, tell the office. When you check out, the summary tells you if any medicine has nothing recorded yet.Recording with poor signal
You do not need signal to record a dose. The dose is saved on your phone, marked “On this phone. It will send when there is signal.”, and sent later with the time you recorded it, not the time it was sent. Elate cannot file a dose more than 7 days in the past, so make sure your phone gets signal well before then. See Working with poor signal. To see a visit’s medicines with no signal, open the visit while you still have signal. If they are not on your phone, the app says “Medication is not saved for this visit on this phone”.Common questions
I forgot to record a dose
I forgot to record a dose
The phone always records the time you tap the button, so you cannot record a dose for an earlier time in the app. Tell the office. Someone with Record medication can write up a missed dose on the web, no more than 7 days back. See Medication (eMAR).
It says a dose later today is not covered by a visit
It says a dose later today is not covered by a visit
Nobody is booked to give that dose, so it cannot be recorded on this visit. Tell the office.
I cannot see Medication at all
I cannot see Medication at all
Your organisation may not use the eMAR module, your role may not include Record medication, or no medicines are due on this visit. Ask the office.