SmartFlow allows you to choose a frequency of every 1 to 24 hours. For medications that need to be administered outside of this range e.g. every two days, we recommend the following approach:
Add the medication / treatment to a patient's flowsheet, indicating the required frequency in the Instructions / Notes section and the start date:
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You may select none for the highlighting frequency option, and then manually highlight the treatment on the proper hospitalization day. However, without highlighting, it is quite possible to miss the treatment, that's why we recommend setting Continue every (hours) to 24, and then manually remove / shift all the highlighted cells from the flowsheet on the days in between when it is not required:
It is also a good idea to use a different highlight colour. We suggest making a specific highlight colour that indicates the treatment times need to be reviewed.
In addition to adding an Instruction / Note to the parameter to specify the dates the medication is to be given, you may also elect to add additional flowsheet days and editing the highlights manually for the correct days.
We hope you found this information useful!