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INTERNAL LABWORK

If you have an Idexx VetLab Station and this has been linked to Assisi, you can send a requisition from Assisi to the IVLS machine for tests for an animal.

Assisi will recognise that a VetLab Station has been linked and offer an IVLS option on the work entry screen.

When you click this tile, you will be prompted to select a profile defining the selection of tests required. Each profile should be linked to a Professional Fee which will determine the price for the test.

Once added to the work entry screen, the fee will be charged and the required test details will be transmitted to the VetLab station and, once the tests have been carried out, the results will be imported directly into the animal’s record and a link added to the history which, when double-clicked, will display the results.

To begin using this feature, lab test profiles need to be set up in advance, as follows:-

IVLS PROFILES

  1. Click the Settings tile on the Assisi Desktop.
  1. Click Lab Work and click IVLS Panels.

To Update an Existing Profile

There are some standard profiles set up. You can use these profiles if you wish but you will still need to create a fee that can be linked to each profile for pricing purposes.

To link a fee, click on the profile and type the fee code into the Fee Code box.

To Create a New Profile

  1. Make sure that a fee code exists so that this can be linked to the profile when it is created.

  1. Click New Panel.

  2. Type in a code and description for the profile – the profile code can be the same as the fee code.

  3. In the Request String box, type in the tests to be carried out for this profile. This is the message that will appear on the lab machine once a requisition has been raised and which will identify the tests to be carried out.

  4. Type the relevant fee code into Fee Code box.

TO REQUISITION A TEST

  1. Click the IVLS tile on the work entry screen (this will appear only if an IVLS machine has been linked to Assisi).

  1. The following test selection screen will be displayed.

  2. Click the arrow to the side of the Panel box and select the required profile.

  3. The tests to be requested will be displayed in the Services > Requested box. This can be edited, if required, as it is only a > text message to the person carrying out the test/s.

  4. The fee code and description that has been linked to the profile > will be displayed. The quantity will default to 1 and the price > will default to the default price for the fee.

Note: The fee code and/or the price can be overwritten provided that you have permission to do so.

  1. When complete, click Continue and the requisition will be transmitted to the Idexx machine.

  2. Once the test has been completed, the results will be imported into the animal’s record and a link displayed on the history screen. You can double-click this link to view the results.