Enter immunizations

Path: Patient>Clinical>Immunizations

Prerequisite: You must have Read/Write level permissions for the Immunizations (Patient) privilege in Administration > Configuration > Operators > Privileges: (Business Unit) > Patient > Clinical to enter, edit, or delete vaccines for a patient.

1. From the Patient component, select the applicable patient.
2. Go to Clinical > Immunizations.
3. Click the Insert Row or Add Row icon to add a new line.
4. From Vaccines, select the applicable vaccine. The Vaccines list includes the entries activated in Administration > Clinical > Immunizations. You must select a vaccine before the other boxes on Immunizations are enabled.
5. From Status, select 1 of the following options:
   1. Given - Select to enter a vaccination that has been administered. If you select Given, go to step 7.
   2. Not Given - Select to document a vaccination that was not administered. If you select Not Given, go to step 6.
6. For Not Given Reason, select a reason the applicable vaccination was not administered to the patient.
7. Not Given Reason is not enabled if you selected Given for Status. Go to step 9.
8. For Date of Administration, enter or select a date that the vaccine was given to the patient. You can select or enter an exact date, such as November 11, 2015, or you can enter a fuzzy date, such as November or 2015. Date of Administration is not enabled if you selected Not Given for Status.
9. For Locale, select the type of facility or agency where the vaccine was administered to the patient.
10. Locale is not enabled if you selected Not Given for Status.
11. Optional: In Comments, enter any additional information about the vaccination. Reported by is filled in automatically with the currently logged in user and the current date.
12. Click the disk icon to save the immunization entry.