Red (or Blue banner)

The red (in the illustration) banner indicates Patient and Doctor information. The banner turns red for urgent requisitions. The default state is blue. All Hospital Patients are Urgent and thus red. Outpatients are blue, unless explicitly flagged as urgent.

Left Column

• Name and Sex: A male/female icon appears next to the Patient name at the top left
• Particulars: Directly below the name and sex, the race, age and social security ID number appears
• Doctor: The requesting Doctor (copy doctors are not shown here)
• Hospital: The Hospital and Ward (if applicable) where the Patient is admitted. Note that Hospital requests are automatically escalated to Urgent status.

Right Column

• Practice: The Doctors Practice where the requisition originated from
• Payment: The mode of payment
  • Cash: The Patient to settle directly with your laboratory
  • Doctor: To be billed to the Doctor
  • Medical Aid: The Medical Aid Provider and Plan will be displayed
  • Company: Company and corporate accounts
• Specimen Taken: The date and time the specimen were taken
• Rooms: The telephone number of the Doctors Practice during normal hours
• Emergency: The Doctors Practice emergency number
• Hospital: The telephone number of the Hospital

Yellow Block

• Icon: Changes to indicate Hospital or Outpatient
• Large number: The system Requisition number
• Smaller, bold number: The number on the original hard copy form submitted by the Doctor
• Date/Time: The date and time the requisition was captured

Tests are grouped by Department. Each Department then therefore has its own Result Entry panel. The panel is collapsible by clicking the up/down arrow at the top-right of the panel.

It is important to note that only Tests sent to your Branch will appear here. You will not be able to open up a Requisition for another Branch and expect to see Tests for that Branch here. Instead the Tests together with the selected Tubes must be shipped.

For each test in the department

• Test/Ref Ranges
  • Test: The name of the Test appears in large writing. A green check next to the Test implies that a result has already been entered. To view already entered and/or previous results, click the Checks & History toggle button
  • Reference Range: Appears directly below the Test name together with the Unit of Measure. The reference range is specific to the Patient demographic
  • Help: Click the Help button to discover instruments that are able to perform the particular test at your Branch.
    • Instrument: The Make/Model of the Instrument (click the Instrument to expand)
    • Calibrations
      • Icon: A green check indicates that the calibration was run and is valid. An orange warning triangle indicates that the calibration has expired
      • Programme: The name of the calibration programme
    • Controls
      • Icon: A green check indicates that the control was run and is valid. An orange warning triangle indicates that the control has expired
      • Programme: The name of the Control Programme
• Result
  • Barcode: Scan or enter the Tube barcode. Be sure to enter the correct barcode. The software will not allow you to enter an incorrect barcode (one that is not suitable for the Test selected because it is of the wrong type or does not exist as captured on the Requisition form)
  • Instrument: Only instruments which have been calibrated and controlled and that can perform the Test appear here. If the Instrument does not appear here, check the Instrument configuration and ensure the appropriate Calibration and Control has been performed.
  • QC button: Click the QC toggle button to view the Levy Jennings chart for each of the control levels that were run on the instrument during the last 7 days.
  • Result: Enter the quantitative or qualitative result
  • (Not) On Hold button: To place the result On Hold or to take it off Hold toggle this button. When the result is on hold the button will turn red. When it is not on hold it will turn blue. Results must not be on hold if they are final and are being submitted for signing.
  • Accepted button: Toggle the Accepted button to switch between Accepted and Not Accepted. When the result is accepted the button will turn blue. When it is not accepted the button will turn orange. Results must be accepted if they are final and are being submitted for signing.
  • Check button: Click the Check button to add checks or reruns. A new row will be added underneath so you may enter the check result.
  • Test Option: For Tests with qualitative lookup options you may select an option
• Comment
  • Comment button: Toggle the Comment button to show/hide the large text entry field below the Comment search box
  • Search: You can search your comment dictionary for "canned text". Note that only comments for the Test Department will be searched.
  • Add button: Click the Add button to add the comment to the Result
  • Comment: Free type text field which allows you to format text as required. This appears on the result report.

Clicking the Checks & History button will retrieve a chronological data log (newest to oldest) of checks and previous results for the Test.

• Time column
  • Date/Time: The date and time the test was performed
  • Req #n: The requisition number that the result was recorded against or "Current" if the result is a check
• Result column
  • Result: The quantitative and qualitative result appears at the top
  • Reference Ranges: If applicable the reference range appears
  • Instrument: The instrument that performed the analysis
  • Barcode: The barcode of the specimen that was used
  • Comments: Any comments given by the analyst or technician that captured the result, together with the name of the analyst
  • Hold/Accepted status: Check results will be on hold and not accepted

• Calculated results do not require you to enter a result. Instead a blue information message will appear indicating this. You must select the instrument
• Where there are no valid calibrated and controlled Instruments a red error message will appear indicating this. Click the Help button to see a list of Instruments configured to run the Test. Click the Instrument name to see the calibration and control status. If no instruments appear ensure the Instrument is correctly configured.

At the bottom of each Department section is a Comment block. This appears on the result report.

• Comment button: Toggle the Comment button to show/hide the large text entry field below the Comment search box
• Search: You can search your comment dictionary for "canned text". Note that only comments for the Test Department will be searched.
• Add button: Click the Add button to add the comment to the Department comment
• Comment: Free type text field which allows you to format text as required