acetaminophen order sentences

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Shannon Bertagnoli
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acetaminophen order sentences

At our institution acetaminophen is most often given for (1) Fever >/=38.5 (2) Pain scores of 1-3 (3) Pain prn adjuvant to pharm and non-pharm interventions. There has been concerns with having 3 separate active prn orders on our patient’s profile due to potential for duplicate therapy (giving too soon or exceeding max daily dose). For those with multiple active orders for the same medication with different indications, have you addressed this with alerts or what additional strategies can be considered? Thank you in advance.

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