Getting Started
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Scanning a New Patient (continued)
When starting a new patient’s exam, ensure you do the
following:
1. Select Patient on the control panel.
2. Select New Patient on the patient menu.
If there are images on the clipboard, a pop-up menu
appears. Specify whether you want to store images, delete
images, or go to active images.
3. Choose the exam category.
4. Verify the dataflow.
NOTE: DO NOT use the removable media Dataflows on the New
patient menu.
NOTE: The system will display a warning dialog when the patient is
registered to “No Archive”. If the “Warn register to No
Archive” preset is selected in the Utility -> Connectivity ->
Miscellaneous menu, a warning displays. Please select a
different dataflow for permanent storage of patient data.
5. Fill in patient information.
NOTE: You can also select a patient from the patient database at
the bottom of the Patient menu if the patient has a patient
ID.
NOTE: Columns drive the ordering of the patients displayed. The
columns that you select drive
the order of the displayed
patient database.
NOTE: Do not use the following characters when filling in patient
information:
" ‘ / : ; . , * < > | + = [ ] & !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *, (, ), ?, /, ~ , [, ],
{, }
6. Select Register. Enter Past OB Exam information, if
desired.
7. Select the probe to start scanning (or select Esc, Scan, or
Freeze).
8. Perform the exam.