You are NOT allergic to...

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So we are switching to a new computer system at work. Not everything will carry over and we have to do some manual entry of certain things. Allergies is one of the items that falls onto that list. We are able to print out that info from the old system so we can put in onto the new, so the information has all been verified at some point by nursing staff or physicians. Which also means at one point it was all ENTERED by someone with a license or someone who is supposed to have enough medical knowledge to do such things.

Some of the "allergies" (complete with reaction, since it's a required field):

Nitroglycerin---"it makes my ears ring"

Tetnaus shot---"my arm hurts after I get one"

E-mycin---"diarrhea"

iron supplements---"makes my BM dark"

and my favorite:

Epinephrine---"makes my heart race"

Seriously?! I can shrug and say "meh" to many things, but truly?! WHY do trained professionals DO this? Go ahead and put some of these things down and attribute the poops after an ABX to a side effect, but not an ALLERGY. Yes, side effects, intolerances and allergies are all options to choose from.

I am not even entering the epinephrine "allergies", nope, not doing it.

OK, rant over

Could you link that please?

Well I couldn't find the thread again from my phone nor could I figure out how to find my commented threads untilI stumbled upon it today randomly looking for something else but here you go. I was raised in Alaska and computers were not prevalent in our school and we didn't own one, I am extremely lacking in the tech savvy department

My friend just told me I didn't "link" it but quoted it. I have no idea how to link something. Its on the first page of this thread though

Some of the clinic staff have been entering stuff like pollen and mold in the allergy field. I always delete it and mark that the patient has seasonal allergies instead. Durrr.

No you, the OP, were not the one to write they just delete what they feel isn't an allergy. My reading and comprehension is perfectly fine, you might want to brush up on yours.

Now my computer skills at figuring forums and when someone has responded THAT i clearly need to work on

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