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field and enter the characters to search for via the onscreen keyboard. For Patient ID, you must enter
the whole ID. For Patient Name, you can enter a partial name. Select Enter to exit the Keyboard
display and execute the search. You cannot search if you do not enter characters in the Patient ID or
Patient Name field.
Any specimen records appear in the Specimen window (bott
om half of display). Initially, the first
specimen record is highlighted. You can select the Specimen or Vial tabs to see additional information
on the highlighted specimen.
When new information is added, or a field is chan
ged, the field name appears highlighted until the
information is saved.
The barcode readers are disabled when the Cu
lture – Patient display is in use.
When LIS is enabled, the Culture – Patient displa
y is confined to Search mode.
Note that in a BD EpiCenter™ configu
ration, you cannot enter Patient ID or Patient Name at the
instrument. Also you cannot disassociate a specimen (accession) from a Patient ID. These operations
can only be performed at the BD EpiCenter™ system.
You cannot access Culture displays in an in
strument that is in degraded mode.
To access Culture – Patient:
From the Status display, tap the “culture
” button
Culture – Patient Display Fields:
Patient ID
Tap the blank field to display the onscreen keyboard. Enter up to 16 characters, excluding the
follow
ing:
# * [ ] | ? !
Once the record is saved, the Patient ID cannot be modified.
Patient ID cannot exist without associated vials/specimens. Patient ID can exist without a
Patient Name.
Patient Name
Tap the blank field to display the onscreen keyboard. Enter up to 40 characters, excluding the
follow
ing:
# * [ ] | ? !
You cannot enter a Patient Name without a Patient ID attached.
Specimen Window, showing the following read-only information (left to right, for each specimen
as
sociated to the patient record)
Positive vial indication (+ indicates at least
one associated positive/manual positive vial)
Accession
Date
Time