MEDICATION INSTRUCTION (51)    FILE (1)

Name Value
NAME MEDICATION INSTRUCTION
APPLICATION GROUP
  • PS
  • PSO
DESCRIPTION
  This file holds the abbreviations which are often used when entering the
in the classical VA FileMan sense, but that logically it is nearly the
same thing.
Rx sig.  Each record holds an expansion of the abbreviation which is used
to complete the sig as it is printed on the Rx label.  Care should be taken
to not delete entries in this file after going into production use of the
pharmacy package.  If an entry were deleted then any sigs that contain
the abbreviation would not find it when printed later and thus could confuse
the patient.
 
The above description indicates that this file is not strictly 'pointed to'