Way back when we used to document allergies in red ink on the patients chart.
Recently I was told by a nurse manager we no longer do that. We document in
black or blue ink becasue we don't want to call attention to a specific part of
the chart. It should all look the same. My feeling is in calling attention to an
allergy we are protecting the patient from an adverse problem. Anyone have any
input about this?
Thanks,

Pam Ellico, RN, BSN, CPAN, LNC


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