Description
Use the Alerts & Comments page to add, edit, or delete alerts or comments that appear when you open the selected host, location, practice, system default, user, or order choice record.
Access
Select Alerts & Comments on the Hosts, Locations, Practices, System Defaults, Testing Facilities, Users, Instruments, or Order Choices administration pages, as well as the Result Delivery Rule lab tasks page.
Technical Manual
Adding, Editing, and Deleting Alerts & Comments
The system lists any existing alerts or comments when you open this page.
For each alert or comment, the system lists the Alert status, Note contents, Entered By, Entered Date, Modified By, and Modified Date.
The system does not display the Entered By and Entered Date information for new alerts and comments or the Modified By and Modified Date information for edited alerts and comments until you fully save the changes.
| Alert | By default, the system selects the Alert status checkbox for new entries. When enabled, the system displays this alert text when users open the corresponding page. Clear this checkbox to have the system consider the entry a comment, and to have it display the text only when users access the Alerts & Comments page for the selected host, location, practice, system default, user, result delivery rule, or order choice record. |
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| Note | Select the text to modify the contents of the alert or comment in the Alerts & Comments pop-up. Modify the text as desired, and then select Save to record the alert or comment and return to the main Alerts & Comments page. |
| Entered By | Displays who entered the alert and/or comment. |
| Entered Date | Displays the date that the alert and/or comment was entered. |
Modified By | Displays who modified the alert and/or comment, if applicable. |
| Modified Date | Displays the modified date of the alert and/or comment, if applicable. |
| Add | Select to open the Alerts & Comments pop-up, where you may add a new alert or comment. Enter the desired text, and then select Save to record the alert or comment and return to the main Alerts & Comments page. This text area has Text Shortcuts functionality. For more information on using Text Shortcuts, navigate to the Using Text Shortcuts topic. The system updates the display to include your new alert or comment. |
| Display at Order | Select the checkbox to have the system display the alert on the Order Patient Samples page when the selected location is the ordering location. |
| Display at Collection for this as the Ordering Location | Select the option to mark the respective alert as one that should be shown on the Collect Samples and/or Pending Collection pages when this location is the ordering location and a checkbox is checked to mark the sample as collected. |
| Sort By | Select the up and down arrows in the column if there are more than one alerts or comments to place the alerts and comments in the order the system should use to display them. |
| X | Select the button in the Delete column to remove the alert or comment from the list. |
| OK | Select to record your additions or changes, and return to the previous page. Note The system has not yet fully saved your new, edited, and deleted entries. |
| Save | Select to fully save the comment. |
