Skilled Nursing Facilities

Managing Allergies

This screen contains settings for Care Plan Setup for Allergies. You can view the list of allergies that match the list in PointClickCare Electronic Health Records (EHR). You can also modify the suitable and unsuitable menu items for each allergy.

Note

You can copy unsuitable menu items from one allergy to another allergy reducing the manual time and effort associated with setting this up.

  1. Administrator > Care Plan Setup > Allergies.

  2. Click Allergy Name.

  • Search for an Allergy - Type to filter list of allergies. 

  • Copy - Select the allergy name, then click Copy to copy all unsuitable menu items saved for this allergy to another allergy that is similar. For example, if you set up unsuitable menu items for Raspberry allergy, you can copy these to complete the set up for allergy Berries.

  • Change - Select the allergy name, then click Change to add or remove suitable or unsuitable menu items from an allergy.

  • When adding unsuitable menu items to an allergy, search for abbreviations and foods that can contain the item. For Example, if adding chocolate as an allergy, continue to search menu items such as: muffins, cookies, mocha, Ensure, Magic Cup, and so on.

  • You can print a list of allergy names, and unsuitable, or suitable menu items by selecting the allergy and choosing appropriate option under Print Report.

    • Select Show Used to filter on allergies that are assigned to residents, excluding discharged status, within your organization.

    • Select Show Unused to filter on allergies that are not assigned to any residents within your organization.

  • After copying or changing an allergy, run the Unsuitable or Suitable Menu Items reports to verify your work.