diff --git a/packages/updatePrescriptionStatus/src/updatePrescriptionStatus.ts b/packages/updatePrescriptionStatus/src/updatePrescriptionStatus.ts
index 0c5b65a2c..82fdd990e 100644
--- a/packages/updatePrescriptionStatus/src/updatePrescriptionStatus.ts
+++ b/packages/updatePrescriptionStatus/src/updatePrescriptionStatus.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ const lambdaHandler = async (event: APIGatewayProxyEvent): Promise<APIGatewayPro
     logger.info("No entries to process.")
     return response(200, responseEntries)
   }
-
   const entriesValid = validateEntries(requestEntries, responseEntries)
   if (!entriesValid) {
     return response(400, responseEntries)
@@ -155,6 +154,8 @@ export function handleTransactionCancelledException(
   e: TransactionCanceledException,
   responseEntries: Array<BundleEntry>
 ): void {
+  responseEntries.length = 0
+
   e.CancellationReasons?.forEach((reason) => {
     if (reason.Item?.TaskID?.S) {
       const taskId = reason.Item.TaskID.S