Epic - Alaris rate mismatch

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Thu, 11/02/2023 - 14:27

Lindsey M Eick

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Epic - Alaris rate mismatch

Hi All
We periodically have issues where the rate that is determined in epic is not the same as the rate in alaris (with all the same entered information). These discrepancies cause confusion (epic rate = 0.08 ml/hr and alaris = 0.07 ml/hr) and solutions seem to be risky/cause other potential errors to make the rates match.

This seems to be due to a few things:

-epic and alaris round differently
-weight entries in epic.

Our NICU population has the weight entered for NICU babies down to the gram (i.e. 331 g = 0.331 kg).

Has anyone else encountered this issue and figured out a good resolution?
Does your NICU enter weights to the nearest gram?

We do not yet have epic-alaris integration. Any tips/tricks would be much appreciated!
Thanks
Lindsey

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