Patient Care - Reference Manual - Physician - Fraser Health Authority

5. Printing Blank MARsFrom the Print Medication Administration Records screen do the following:1) Leave the Location field BLANK and press the key.2) Enter the patient’s name (LAST,FIRST) in the Patient field. Note: if the default printerdestination here is incorrect, the proper printer destination needs to be entered instep 4 below.3) Enter the correct date in the Start Date field. (This is the date that the MAR will beused, not necessarily today’s date. For example, if it is 22:00 and you are printing anMAR to be used starting at midnight, then you will have to enter tomorrow’s date.)4) In the Alternate MAR Format field, enter “1D.XP” for acute care patients (one-dayformat), or “31D.XP” for long term care patients (31 day format).5) Only enter in the Alternate Printer field if the defaulted printer destination in step 1above is incorrect.6) Press the okay key or the along the toolbar to print. Please note that thereis a slight delay before the MAR will start printing.Health InformaticsHealth Information Systems and Services© Fraser Health Authority, 2006. All rights reserved.42