Patient Instruction Examples

These medicationRequest examples require use of patientInstruction elements.

NovoRapid Penfill 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml cartridges (Novo Nordisk Ltd), inject according to insulin requirements

Hydrocortisone 0.1% cream, apply 2-3 times daily to area around lips

Co-codamol 8mg/500mg tablets, 2 tablets when required when first symptoms of migraine appear. Dose may be repeated after 4 hours if migraine recurs. Oral. Maximum dose 6 tablets every 24 hours

Complex because could be modelled in two ways. Both have been provided as examples.

Avloclor 250mg tablets (Alliance Pharmaceuticals Ltd), two to be taken once a week, start one week before travel and continue until 4 weeks after return

Complex because the instruction to “start one week before travel and continue until 4 weeks after return” cannot be a coded instruction so is conveyed as free-text within patientlInstruction.

Permitabs 400mg tablets. Add 500ml of warm water to one tablet and dissolve. Make the resulting solution up to 8 litres and use to soak feet.

Complex because contains a detailed preparation instruction which has to be conveyed as free-text within patientlInstruction.