Quick Tour - Brief Outline
Here is a brief outline of the contents of this quick tour
How to Access the System
Security and passwords
How to log on to Dawn AC and levels of access
Quick start screen and main functions
How to select the task you want to do now
How to configure the system
What you need to set up, prior to using the system to dose patients
How the system decides to change a dose
A brief explanation of how the system controls patient dosing
Minimum Data Set Required to Start Computer Dosing
Essential patient data needed for computer dosing
What basic patient information needs to be entered before the computer can
dose a patient
What patient demographic data is kept
Guide to information kept on a patient and how to enter it
What is set in the patient’s individual treatment plan
What sort of information is needed for a patient’s treatment plan
How to define the patient’s target range
What is their target range, why are they on anticoagulation therapy and when
did their treatment start
How to define the patient’s dosing instruction format
What tablet size/ type are they on and what are that patient’s safety limits
How to enter a patient’s dosage history
How to enter previous results and doses, needed for computer dosing
How to give a patient their next visit date
In order to dose a patient, their next test date must be set up, so they are
picked up for dosing at the right time
What freehand notes can I keep about the patient
Somewhere to keep notes of unrestricted type on a patient
How to Find a Patient
Patient search
How to find a particular patient
Viewing the results of a search
What you see after searching for a patient where there is more than one with
the same hospital number etc.
Seeing all the patient details on one screen
The patient maintenance screen – a compact view of a patient’s details
How to Dose a Patient
Entering an INR and dosing a patient
How to enter results and calculate the dose for a single patient
Interacting drug alerts
What you see on dosing a patient on interacting drugs
Modifying a dose and next test date
How to manually enter or change a dose or appointment
Graphing a patient’s INR and dose history
How to graph a patient’s INR and dose
Implications of Dosing a Patient with High or Low INR
Dosing a patient with a high INR
What happens on dosing a patient with a high INR
Dosing a patient with a low INR
What happens on dosing a patient with a low INR
Dosing a patient with a very high INR or very low INR
What happens on dosing a patient with an INR outside their safety limits
Batch Dosing and Dosage Instructions Output for Patients
How to dose the patients in sets or groups
Dosing more than one patient at once
Printing out instructions or letters for a patient
How to produce written instructions for patients etc.
Keeping Track of Attendance and Producing Management Statistics
How to keep track of patients - daily routines
Some typical day-to-day controls and reports to help you keep track of
patients and clinics
How to manage those who have not attended
How to follow up patients who failed to keep their appointments
What safety controls, tallies or counts are available
Keeping track of exceptions e.g. patients with no next test date, number of
non-attenders etc.
Scientific References
Scientific references
A brief description of research published in the Lancet and a short list of
current references on computerised anticoagulation therapy.