This template is based on the latest NICE guidance to help guide correct management and treatment choices.
The template can be located in the following ways:
- Auto Consultation > ardens CONDITIONS INFECTIONS > Scarlet Fever
- Use the bottom left search bar in SystmOne
- Via the General Consultations template (ENT & Oral tab)
If using on a regular basis, save to F12 favourites for quick access.
The template is split across separate tabs along the top or hyperlinks within the home page, this allows you to navigate to the appropriate section.
Home
The home page provides a view showing any Allergies & Sensitivities, relevant medications, infection history and microbiology results.
Acute
You'll notice the options within the Management section at the bottom of the template are initially 'greyed out'. The appropriate management and advice will be highlighted once you've ticked the relevant box in the Impression section.
Assessment allows you to record clinical findings and any complications/risk.
Both the findings and complications/risk free text boxes have presets available alongside to save a bit of typing.
Click on the preset button (notepad icon) and add 1 or multiple lines of text by pressing & holding Ctrl on the keyboard and using mouse to select. The text can be edited once added to the template.
Clicking in to any of the Vitals fields will display coded historical results in the yellow pane to the right side of the template. Manually type the new result into the appropriate box.
If you suspect the patient may be at risk of Sepsis, the sepsis risk templates for both adults & children are located just below Vitals fields. Select from either NEWS2 scoring, NICE or SIRS guidance.
Diagnosis
One of the boxes must be ticked to activate the Management guidance greyed out below.
Management
Allows you to quickly document advice given and provides the appropriate links for any further action such as prescribing, issuing a MED3 certificate and generating a NOID form.
Prescribing
Click the Formulary hyperlink or the tab along the top to prescribe medication.
TIP: To return to the previous page, use the tabs along the top of the template. Clicking Ok will close the template.
OTC Medication
This template simply lists medication that can be purchased over the counter and has PIL available both as a Word document at the top and hyperlink at the bottom. Click the hyperlink and once the web page is displayed, copy the URL and send as text/email to the patient.
There is a link to the Med3 & Letters template if you need to generate or view Med3 certificates.
The NOID template provides your local Notification of Infectious Diseases Form (if using Ardens pro) there is also a Non Area Specific form available.
Resources
The Resources tab contains useful website links with information that can be sent to a patient via text/email by copying & pasting the link in to Send Message.
Reports
There are a number of reports to identify patients with a recent Scarlet Fever infection and where antibiotics were issued / not issued.
Go to Clinical Reporting > select the Ardens Ltd folder > Conditions infections > Activity last 3 months