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Patient Entry takes the price from here. Test Report takes the unit, the range, the red marking and the default result from here. The analyser link uses the machine keyword from here. Set up a test before the first patient needs it.
Keep ready: the name as it should print, its group, unit, method, price, and your lab's approved normal ranges for men, women, boys and girls.
Right price at the counter
Cost (or MRP) loads into the bill as soon as reception adds the test. No price card at the desk.
Fewer missed abnormal values
Min and Max per Gender make a number outside the range turn red on screen and carry a High or Low flag to print.
On this screen
- Test Name prints on the bill and the report
- Group the heading the test prints under
- Cost the normal price on the bill
- Male Normal Range the range text that prints for men
- >> copies the Male block to the other three
- Min Range with Max Range, decides when a result turns red
- Shortcut a short code that becomes a full result
- Save saves the test (Alt+S)
Add a new test
- Open a blank form
In LIST OF TESTS, click New. To change a test, double-click its row instead. - Name and group
Type Test Name as it should print. Pick the Group and press Enter. The Sub Group list loads for that group. - Order, unit, method
Fill Sr. No., Unit and Method. - Codes
Fill Test Code if reception uses short codes. Fill Machine Keyword only if the result comes from an analyser. - Price
Fill Cost, and MRP if your lab uses it. - Ranges
Fill the Male block, click >> to copy it to the other three, then correct what differs. See the next topic. - Extras
Add Default Value, Notes and shortcuts if this test needs them. - Save
Click Save (Alt+S). A new test shows New Test has been Added. An edited one shows Test Updated Successfully.
Every field on the screen
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Test Name | Prints on the bill and report. The same name can be used only once inside the same group and sub group. |
| Group | The heading the test prints under. F3 creates a new group, F1 edits the chosen one. |
| Sub Group | Optional block inside the group. F3 opens the Sub Group screen with the group already chosen. F1 here opens the Test Group screen. |
| Sr. No. | Print order inside the group or sub group. Smaller numbers print first. |
| Unit | For example mg/dL. Units you typed before are offered as you type. |
| Method | The test method, for example Enzymatic. |
| Test Code | A short code, unique to this test. Reception can type the full code in the Patient Entry search. |
| Cost | The normal price on the bill. |
| MRP | Used instead of Cost when Apply MRP is ticked in Help › Settings. |
| Default Value | A result that fills itself in, such as "Negative". See "Pre-fill results with a Default Value". |
| Machine Keyword | The parameter name your analyser sends, such as WBC. Each keyword can belong to one test only. Chapter 4 explains the machine link. |
| Widal Test | Tick it for a Widal test. In Test Report, the notes icon on this row then opens the Widal grid (TH, TO, AH, BH against 1:20 up to 1:640) instead of plain notes. |
| Male Normal Range, Female Normal Range, Male Child (MCH) Normal Range, Female Child (FCH) Normal Range | Each has a text range (what prints) plus Min Range and Max Range (what decides red). >> copies Male into the other three. |
| Notes | A standing comment for this test. The edit icon opens a larger notes editor. Notes go with the test into each new patient entry. |
| Shortcut, Result, Abnormal Result, Add | Short codes that turn into full results in Test Report. The list below shows Shortcut, Result, Ab., Edit and Del. |
| Additional fields | Boxes you named in Help › Additional Fields for Test Master. They appear after you press Enter in the FCH Max box. |
Buttons and keys
| Save Alt+S | Saves the test. |
| Delete Alt+L | Deletes the test, but only if no patient entry uses it. |
| List Alt+T | Brings up the LIST OF TESTS screen: the one already open, or a new one. |
| Close Esc | Closes the form. |
| Enter | Moves to the next box. In Notes it moves on only when Notes is empty. In range boxes it never starts a new line. |
| Two spaces | Typing two spaces in the Shortcut box jumps to Save. |
Questions people ask
Why can't I save a second test with the same name?
A name is allowed once inside the same group and sub group. Change the name or put it in another group.
Can I delete a test we no longer do?
Only if it was never used in a patient entry. Otherwise leave it in the list unused.
E-Lab refuses my Test Code or Machine Keyword.
Another test already uses it. Each code and each keyword can belong to one test only.
I changed a range. Old reports still show the old one.
Each entry keeps the range text it was saved with. New entries get the new range.