Catapres Patches - Orders for Partial Patches

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DiAnthia Patrick
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Catapres Patches - Orders for Partial Patches

How are partial patches ordered in your institution? This practice of ordering partial patches is particularly common if you work at a pediatric institution or have a large pediatric population? Are these orders in order sets in addition to allowing providers to place individual orders? Are the partial orders ordered as the total dose to be administred per 24 hrs or as a fraction of a patch ( 0.25 patch) ?

 

Thanks.

DiAnthia

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