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To access Culture – Specimen:
From the Culture – Patient display, select the Specimen tab
Culture – Specimen Display Fields:
Accession
For a new specimen record, enter up to 20 alphanumeric characters, excluding the following:
* ? [ ] ! # |
Accession number cannot be 12 digits long AND begin with the numbers “44.”
Once it is saved, an accession number cannot be changed.
An accession can be saved with no vials attached.
To recall a specimen record, enter an existing accession number. You must enter the whole
accession number.
Collection Date\Time
Enter the date and time when the specimen was collected. See Set button below.
Service
Select the field to access the onscreen keyboard. Enter up to 6 characters excluding the
following:
* ? [ ] ! # |, to designate the hospital service or ward.
Vial Window, showing the following read-only information (left to right, for each vial associated to
the accession)
Pending changes (* indicates vial association is pending a save to the database)
Sequence
Location (last known station number; Removed if vial is no longer in instrument; Pending if
vial has never been placed in instrument; Offline if vial was last known to be in a degraded
mode instrument or an offline row or drawer)
Status (last known status: see Section 4.2.4)
Culture – Specimen Display Buttons:
Set button
Select to bring up a window enabling you to set the vial's collection date and time. The Set
Date and Time window appears. Refer to Section 2.4.5 for instructions on setting date and
time.
From the Status display, select Culture