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Associating vials to an accession:
The Culture – Patient display appears.
Select the Specimen tab to access the Culture – Specimen display.
In the Accession field, enter the desired accession.
Scan the vial sequence barcode you want to attach.
Select Save to save the association.
Only new sequence numbers or existing orphan (sequence unattached to an accession) sequence
numbers can be attached.
Disassociating vials:
If a vial record contains an accession number, it is considered associated to that accession. The
disassociate function enables you to break the link between a vial and an accession number.
To disassociate an accession from a vial:
The Culture – Patient display appears.
Select the Vial tab to access the Culture – Vial display.
Scan the sequence number of the vial.
Select Disassoc(iate) to disassociate the vial from the accession number.
Note that the Disassoc(iate) button is active only if there is an accession number saved for
that vial. If the button is grayed out, there is no associated accession number.
To manually enter a medium type (e.g., a replacement barcode):
Recall the desired vial record in the Culture – Vial display.
For media type 99 replacement barcodes, select the arrow next to the Unknown medium type and
select the correct medium type. (You can also select the medium type during Vial Entry or
ID(entify) Anonymous.
Select Save to save the information.
Modifying vial protocol:
Recall the desired vial record in the Culture – Vial display.
If the protocol is eligible for change, the Modify button (next to the Protocol field) is enabled.
Select Modify and select the desired protocol by selecting the Up or Down Arrow. You can set the
protocol length from 3 to 42 days depending on the medium type.
Select Save to save the information.
From the Status display, select Culture.
From the Status display, select Culture.
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