A MealSuite account has the ability to create its own allergen groups to assign food items to. Creating al allergen group is a three-stage process:
- Creating the Allergen Group
- Adding Food items to the Allergen Group
- Publishing the Newly-Created Allergen Group
Creating the Allergen Group
To create an allergen group, complete the following steps:
- From the left navigation pane, select Tools & Setup > Food Settings. The Food Settings screen appears.
- Click the gear icon at the top left and select Allergens & Dislikes (first screenshot below). The Allergens & Dislikes screen appears (second screenshot below).
- Click the Add New button. The New Allergen and Dislike Group slide-out panel appears.
- In the Name field, enter the name for the allergen group.
- From the Type field, select Allergens.
- In the Definition field, you can enter a short description of what the allergen group will contain.
- Click the Save button.
Adding Food items to the Allergen Group
After clicking Save, the panel refreshes with a Managing Allergens for [Allergen Group Name] section for you to add food items. For instructions to do so, start at step 2 in the following instructions: Adding Food Items to an Allergen Group.
Publishing the Newly-Created Allergen Group
After food items are added to the allergen group, your final step is to publish it so that it is available to be assigned to residents/patients. In addition, it will also be available for use by any child accounts for them to assign to their residents/patients.
An unpublished group appears with a black Unpublished notification-button (first screenshot below). Click the Unpublished notification-button to publish the allergen group. The notification-button changes to Published (second screenshot below).
Note: It is not recommended to publish the allergen group prior to adding food items to it; this is to prevent the allergen group being prematurely assigned to a resident/patient.