### Add Product

Whether you used a blank product template or an existing product as a template, you will be presented with the “Add New National Product” wizard. It contains a number of items organized into field sets (logical groupings). The field sets or sections include the following:

· Define the VA
Department of Veterans Affairs Product

· Define the VA Drug Classes

· Define the Schedule
The frequency by which the doses are to be administered (i.e., Q8H, BID, NOW). Often referred to as Administration Schedule. and Handling

· Miscellaneous

Each of these field sets or sections contains items that you may or may not complete. The only items that you must complete are indicated by a red asterisk (*) after the field name.

Select OI
Office of Information button: If you are using a blank template, then you will note a Select OI button. Click this button to select an orderable item as the parent association for this product.
See the “ Select Parent” topic for additional details.

Change OI button: If you are using an existing template, then you will note a Change OI button. This button is available when a parent item already exists. The button will allow you to change the currently selected parent item.

Add New Row button: Some items are organized into collections, and they allow you to include more than one selection or answer. For example, the Active Ingredient collection includes three associated fields: Ingredient Name, Strength, and Drug Unit. You will also note that this grouping includes an Add New Row button. Clicking this button will present a blank row and allow you to add another item.

Remove button: Since certain items allow you to provide more than one answer, there must also be a way to remove one or more of the given answers. Each row in the multiples table concludes with a Remove button. Selecting this button will remove that entry row.

Generate Name Fields Below button: Use this function to pre-populate some of the fields automatically:
Note: Data must exist in the pre-requisite fields listed below.

Pre-requisite Fields | Auto-Fill The process whereby a pharmacy will prepare a medication order for dispensing to the Patient. Fields
PPS OI Name; Active Ingredient(Ingredient Name, Strength, Drug Unit); Generic Name A non-proprietary name assigned to an item (e.g., drug, supply). | VA Product Name A unique name assigned to each drug product in the National Drug files.; VA Print Name; National Formulary A collection of pharmaceutical substances along with their formulas, uses, and methods of preparation. Additionally, this can be a list of products that are approved for use with Patients (for the appropriate indications). Name; Product Strength; Product Unit

Cancel
An undo action in a GUI (“cancel” is not an action on an order). button: Clicking the Cancel button will terminate the process of adding this new item, and return you to the previous screen.

Submit button: Submits the item addition and presents a confirmation page to the user.