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5.4.6 Current Negatives Report
The Current Negatives Report lists all the negative vials (out-of-protocol and manual negatives) in all
the instrument's stations. The report prints in landscape mode. The report provides the following
information:
Header: Selection/Sorting/Reporting Criteria, Hospital Information (if configured), Instrument
Number, Instrument Software Version, Report Title, and Date and Time Printed
Body of Report (columns from left to right): Accession, Patient Name (30 characters), Patient ID,
Sequence, Test*/Protocol, Status*, State (column not labeled, body of report shows: ? for
anonymous, vial icon for current, or blank for removed/pending), Service, Location, TIP/TTD (Time
in Protocol for negatives and manual positives, Time To Detection for positives), “was positive”
indicator (plus sign [+] at end of line indicates that a vial that is not currently Positive previously had
a positive result)
* see Section 11 for reported values
Applicable Selection Criteria:
Sort By Report By
See Figure 5-18 for a sample Current Negatives Report.
To print a Current Negatives Report:
1 From the Status display, select the Reports tab to access the Reports menu.
2 Select the desired report in the menu.
3 Select the desired report criteria by selecting the radio button next to the criteria.
Sort By: Choose 1st and 2nd Sort By field of either: Accession, Hospital Service, Media
(alphabetic), Patient ID, Patient Name, Sequence, Start of Protocol, Location, Status, or None.
The default sort order is by Accession, then by Sequence.
Report By: primary selection: None, Media, Hospital Service, State (vial). If a criteria other than
None is selected, any Media, Hospital Services, and vial States that are contained in patient/
specimen records appear in the secondary selection field. The default values are All Media
and Hospital Services, and Current and Anonymous States.
4 Select Print to print the report.
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