If/then conditional orders

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Thu, 10/18/2018 - 11:30
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Karin Terry
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If/then conditional orders

Hello!
We are trying to find supporting regulatory information for us to NOT allow "if/then" or conditional orders. We have had some events/near misses where the provider entered instructions such as "give if xyz condition is met" (lost IV access, or patient NPO, etc). These instructions are easy to miss by both nursing and pharmacy during normal workflow.
I have found an ISMP recommendation to avoid conditional orders in order sets, but I cannot find anything else to support our desired state. Am I missing this somewhere?

Do you allow conditional orders to be implemented?
If not, what supportive information did you provide for this stance?

Thanks in advance!

Karin Terry
OSF HealthCare

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