Description
Use the Accession Cytology page to assign distinct cytology sample IDs, create new cytology sets, edit existing cytology sets, print worksheets, and send orders. You must have the Enable Cytology unit right assigned to your role in order to access this page.
Access
- Select the Manage Samples menu button and then select the Accession Cytology submenu link.
Technical Manual
Creating a Cytology Sample Set
| New | Select to enable the Cytology Sample Set section. |
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| First Number | Enter values in the First Number field to set the range for the cytology set. |
| Last Number | Enter values in the Last Number field to set the range for the cytology set. |
| Protocol | Select the protocol to be used with this cytology set from the drop-down list. If you cannot find the desired protocol, create a new one using the Cytology Protocols administration page. See the Cytology Protocols topic. Note The drop-down list only displays active cytology protocols that have a mapped order choice type designated as a sample collection type. |
| Add Sample to Set | Enter the sample or order ID in the field to search for samples using the Sample Search page. The samples you select from the Sample Search page are added to the cytology set. See the Sample Search topic. |
| Order New Sample | Select to enter the order into the system using the Order Patient Samples page. See the Order Patient Samples topic. After creating the order and marking the sample as collected, use the newly generated sample ID to place the sample into the sample set. |
| Position | Displays the number of the added sample's position within the set. |
| Sample ID | Displays the newly generated cytology sample ID. |
| Ordered | Displays the order choice type ordered. |
| Collected | Displays the date and time the sample was collected. |
| Order ID | Displays the system's order ID for the sample. |
| Print Worksheet | Select to send the order and print the samples worksheet. The electronic order is only sent one time for a sample in a set. You may select Print Worksheet many times without sending multiple messages to the lab. Note that once you send the order, the system restricts you from removing any samples from the sample set. |
| Close Set | Select to close the displayed set and clear the Accession Cytology page. |
Adding Samples to an Existing Sample Set
The system allows samples to be added to an existing sample set provided there are rows available. The system places samples in the table sequentially and does not fill empty rows that have samples preceding it. Note that the system restricts you from changing the set definition or deleting samples.
| Find Set With Sample ID | Enter a cytology sample ID in the field to locate the existing sample set using the Storage Container Search page. The samples you select from the Sample Search page are added to the cytology set. See the Container Search topic. |
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| Add Sample to Set | Once you select the sample set, the system displays the set in the sample set table. Enter the sample or order ID in the Add Sample to Set field to search for samples using the Sample Search page. See "Creating a Cytology Sample Set" above. Once you add a sample, the system places it in the sample set table in the highest row available. Note The system places the samples in the table from top to bottom in the order that you add them. If you remove a sample from within the list, the system will not place another sample in the row unless you remove the samples beneath the empty row. |
| Print Worksheet | Select to send the order and print the samples worksheet. The electronic order is only sent one time for a sample in a set. You may select Print Worksheet many times without sending multiple messages to the lab. Note that once you send the order, the system restricts you from removing any samples from the sample set. |
| Close Set | Select to close the displayed set and clear the Accession Cytology page. |
Deleting a Sample from the Sample Set
| X | Select to remove the sample and order ID. note The system will not fill an empty row that has samples preceding it. See "Creating a Cytology Sample Set" above. The system restricts you from removing any samples from the sample set if the order has already been sent and the samples worksheet printed. |
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