Pneumococcal Disease Specified Conditions

  • These check boxes are only available if you have selected either the option 'Aged >= 18 Years with Specified Conditions' or 'Booster for Children Aged 14-18 years with Specified Conditions' in the Risk Groups section.
  • Specified Conditions fall under the recommendations for Pneumococcal Disease classifications; See Reference - Pneumococcal Disease Search - Specific Disease Criteria for more information.

    Exclusions:

    Selecting any of these options excludes a patient from the Pneumococcal Disease 'At Risk' search or prompt, even if they fulfil a positive criterion elsewhere on this window.

    Exclude with an Allergy to Pneumovax 23 Exclude with an Allergy containing 'PNEUMOVAX' or starting with 'PNEUMOCOCCAL'.
    Exclude with a Pneumovax 23 vaccination in the last 5 years Within the last 5 years from today's date
    Exclude who have ever declined a Pneumovax 23 Vaccination You can indicate that a patient has declined the vaccination when the vaccination prompt appears on opening their record.
    Exclude who have already received the expected maximum adult doses of Pneumovax 23 The maximum adult dose is calculated using the greater of; depending on the risk group the patient fills.
    Note:
    Patients >=65 Max Dose 1
    ATSI Patients >=50 Max Dose 2
    Patients with Specified Conditions Max Dose 2
    Senior Patients with Specified Conditions (Patients >=65 or ATSI Patients >=50) Max Dose 3

    Only doses given from the patients age of 15 are considered for the Max Adult Doses

    Specified Conditions, for Max Dose, are only evaluated if that criteria group is checked for inclusion in the search.

    For example:

    A patient aged >=65 with Asthma will have a max dose of 1 if only the Patients >=65 risk group is selected

    A patient aged >=65 with Asthma will have a max dose of 3 if the Patients aged >=18 with Specified conditions - Asthma is selected.
    Exclude who choose to be Excluded from Pneumococcal Disease 'At Risk' As determined via the Pneumococcal Disease Vaccination Prompt settings.
    Save Criteria Saves your selected criteria as the default for future searches, and when determining for which patients the Pneumococcal Disease Vaccination prompt appears. Criteria is saved on a per-practitioner basis.
    Default Criteria Resets to the default criteria for future searches, and when determining for which patients the Pneumococcal Disease Vaccination prompt appears.