[Designing a module for the prevention of hypersensitivity reactions in an assisted electronic prescription system].
OBJECTIVE
To develop a module for the prevention of drug-related allergies to be integrated within the assisted electronic prescription software PRISMA.


METHODS
On module design potential sources of medication errors regarding drug allergies were first analyzed, and ideal module characteristics were defined. Then a review of the literature was performed to define "group allergies", and last of all master archives were created, with their required relations being established.


RESULTS
A module for the prevention of drug-related allergies in the setting of an assisted electronic prescription software was designed. By interrelating tables listing active ingredients, excipients, chemical structures/functional groups, and "group allergies" prescriptions may be interactively checked, and useful information is provided to the prescribing practitioner--as well as the whole multidisciplinary team--to help him make his/her decisions.
Cuéllar Monreal
M J
MJ
Servicio de Farmacia, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia. cuellar_mje@gva.es
Planells Herrero
C
C
Hernández Fernández de las Rojas
M D
MD
García Cortés
E
E
San Martín Ciges
E
E
Poveda Andrés
J L
JL
D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012984:Software