Concept: Dose Range
A Dose Range record displays information about the appropriate doses
for a specific drug. The appropriate dose range may be affected by patient
factors such as age, dose route, etc. PECS allows you to view Dose Range
records provided by First Databank (FDB) and create custom Dose Range
records that can be used in place of the records received from FDB. These
custom Dose Range records can be associated with FDB records, or you can
create a new Dose Range record not related to an FDB record.

- Dosing is based on the GCN Sequence Number (GCNSEQNO), a random
number specific to all drug products with the same generic ingredient(s),
route of administration, drug strength(s) and dosage form.
- Dosing is age-specific for most products. FDB has dosing for neonatal,
infant, adolescent, adult, and geriatric. When you see a dose range
query, be aware that all ages are displayed by days, for example,
18 years x 365 = 6570 days.
- FDB also has indication-specific dosing, and dosing type. Examples
of dosing type are loading, maintenance, single, initial.
- A typical product may have 30 or more dosing records when all variables
are taken into consideration.
- The initial implementation of dosing order checks within VistA
looks at the maximum single dose and daily dose range order checks
using a common indicator.
You can do the following with Dose Range
- Perform queries on specific FDB Dose Range records
- Customize FDB Dose Range records
- Run reports
on customized Dose Range records
- View which FDB Dose Range records
are related to customized Dose Range records (and vice versa).
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