Drug Pair Customization (Section 508-Compliant)

The Drug Pair Customization Page allows users to create or delete drug pairs to associated with the VA Customized Drug-Drug interaction as well as perform mass VA Approval Workflow updates to all associated Drug Pairs.

NOTE: This help topic covers the Section 508 compliant version of the Drug Pair Customization page. See Drug Pair Customization for information about the standard Drug Pair Customization page.

The table on the page displays information related to the drug pair.

Interaction Type The type of interaction displayed, either VA or FDB.
Interaction ID The numerical reference number assigned to the interaction by the agency referenced in the Interaction Type field.
Interaction Description The name of the drug associated with the interaction.
Interaction Severity A numerical indicator of the severity of the interaction.
Interaction Action Status The status of the interaction in the VA Approval Workflow. The Action Status for FDB Records will always be 'N/A,' as it does not go through the VA Approval Workflow

Accessing the Section 508-Compliant Drug Pair Customization Page

To reach the Section 508-Compliant version of the Drug Pair Customization page

  1. Click the 'Drug Pairs' button on a VA customized Drug-Drug interaction detail page.
  2. Click the 508-Compliant Page link in the Drug Pair Customization banner.

508 Compliant Page Link

Select Drug Pairs to add to the above VA Custom Interaction Panel

Add Routed Generic to VA Custom Interaction

If the interaction is customized from a blank form there are no FDB drug pairs to choose from. The user will choose drug pairs from Routed Generic drug lists. The user will select the first drug 'Routed Generic #1 Description' and then select the second drug 'Routed Generic #2 Description' for the Drug Pair they are associating to this VA customized Drug-Drug Interaction. Note that a drug pair must be chosen before clicking the 'Customize button'. 'Routed Generic #1' and 'Routed Generic #2' fields cannot contain the same chosen value. 'Routed Generic #1' and 'Routed Generic #2' must follow the same order as the Interaction Description. The user must be careful to select all routed generics that contain the desired drug as an ingredient. Combination products may not fall alphabetically close to single ingredient products. The Routed Generic drug lists can also be used to add drug pairs to a drug-drug interaction customized from an FDB record if the drug pairs to be added do not exist in the FDB database.

Select Routed Generic Panel

To add a Routed Generic drug pair

  1. Click the Edit button.
  2. In the "Select Generic Drug Pairs to add to the above VA Custom Interaction" panel, select the first drug from the Routed Generic #1 Description  list.
  3. Select the second drug from the Routed Generic #2 Description  list.
  4. Add any available reference text to the Reference Text field. This is not required.
  5. Add a reason for your current action in the Action Reason field. This is required.
  6. Select a PECS user to review your action in the Action Reason field.
  7. Click the Customize button.

Add FDB Drug Pairs to VA Custom Interaction

If the interaction is customized from an FDB record, you can select any or all of the corresponding FDB drug pairs. Each FDB drug pair consists of Routed Generic #1 and Routed Generic #2. Select the checkbox adjacent to the drug pair or pairs  to select it to add to the custom interaction.

FDB Drug Pairs Customization Panel

FDB Drug Pair Customization - Bottom

To add a FDB drug pair

  1. Click the Edit button.
  2. In the "Select FDB Drug Pairs to add to the above VA Custom Interaction" panel, select the check box adjacent to the drug pair you want to add to the customization. You can select more than one drug pair.  To select all the drug pairs, select the 'Select/Deselect All Drug Pairs Displayed from Corresponding FDB Interaction' check box; to limit the number selected, select one of the number-specific radio buttons.
  3. Add any available reference text to the Reference Text field. This is not required.
  4. Add a reason for your current action in the Action Reason field. This is required.
  5. Select a PECS user to review your action in the Action Reason field.
  6. Click the Customize button.

 

Drug Pairs Panel

The Drug Pairs panel contains all the VA Customized Drug Pairs already associated to the VA Customized Drug-Drug Interaction (noted at the top of the page). The panel contains

The checkboxes at the top allow the user to what is displayed in the interaction table by Action Status (Historical records are not displayed). The drug pairs must be in the same state before an action can be performed on them.

Filter Check boxes

The 'Get Record Counts' button will display the count of all VA customized drug pairs. This helps the user to determine how many drug pairs to select to perform an action against at one time. It is recommended that quantities be limited to 200 drug pairs at a time to prevent negative impacts to system performance.

To 'mass update' drug pairs:

  1. Use the Action Status checkbox filters to make sure all drug pairs selected are in the same Action Statuses
  2. Select the amount that will be updated in this one action
  3. Select all or the individual drug pairs
  4. Select the allowed Approval Workflow action to be performed (Submit as Reviewed, Approve, Reject, etc)

Repeat this process for all of the drug pairs until the entire set of drug pairs is in the desired point in the Approval Workflow.