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Chapter 3
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Setting Up the System
50 Pyxis MedStation 4000 System Console User Guide
Formulary equivalencies
Formulary equivalencies allow a pharmacist to define a certain strength of a
formulary item as equivalent to multiples of another strength of the same generic
item. Equivalencies allow you to remove a dose for a patient even if the ordered
strength is not loaded at the station and eliminate the need to stock a rarely used
strength in a specific station or throughout the facility.
Creating an equivalency
The following rules apply when creating equivalencies:
• Equivalencies are defined as multiple units of the same formulary line item,
not as a combination of multiple formulary line items. For example, defining
one tablet each of Amitriptyline 25 milligrams (mg) and 50 mg as an
equivalency to one tablet of Amitriptyline 75 mg is not allowed. However,
three tablets of 25 mg are defined as equivalent to 75 mg.
• Equivalencies are established only between formulary items of the same
generic name defined in the console formulary. To define a combination of
generically different formulary items, define a combination dose instead of an
equivalency.
• Equivalencies might not contain variable-dose or combination-dose members.