Record vital measurements and medication administration
Link actual measurements, administration and stock results to the correct record.
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Use measurement/administration entries from patient detail or an examination, treatment, inpatient or anesthesia context. This guide records software data; the veterinarian determines clinical values and treatment.
Vital measurement
- Open a new vital record for the correct patient.
- Compare its timestamp with the actual measurement. Device time and clinic-history timezone can differ; inspect the automatic value.
- Fill measured fields; do not enter zero for an unmeasured value.
- Save and find the record again by date/patient.
- When linking to examination/inpatient/anesthesia, you may choose an existing measurement. Loading or additional pages means an empty search is not conclusive absence.
| Field group | Unit and meaning |
|---|---|
| Temperature | Check the value with its °C/°F selection |
| Pulse/respiration | Number and assessment choice are different information |
| Blood pressure | Systolic and diastolic values are separate |
| SpO2 | Percentage; blank means unmeasured |
| Blood glucose | Record value with the selected unit |
| Weight | Check value/unit together with weight history |
| Other findings/notes | Choose visible assessments from actual observations |
Administer medication
- Open Apply Medication and verify patient and actual date.
- Choose medication name or product. Product, inventory batch and administration name are different information.
- Complete the standard form's route, dosage and unit. This guide supplies no dose recommendation; mg and ml are not equivalent.
- For stock deduction, check product, quantity/unit and automatic/manual allocation. Read remaining amount for an offered opened package.
- Save and verify administration and stock movement separately. A stock error is not successful completion.
Treatment/anesthesia forms may have different field conditions. Anesthesia has deletion/recreation rather than direct saved-drug editing. If linking to a task failed after creating medication, inspect the existing result before recording a second administration.
Example: today's weight is a measurement; a planned medication task is not administered medication. Verify actual administration and consumed stock through their records. Treatment, units.