If a specimen has been erroneously associated with the wrong patient, it can be moved to the correct patient at any stage in its life-cycle.
Step 1
Select the Specimens option from the main menu.
Step 2
Assuming the current role has the corresponding event permission (see Understanding Event Permissions), the Move Specimen action is available both from the specimen row within the specimen list-view, and from within the specimen record-view, if displayed.
Select the Overflow icon (“…”) for the specimen row corresponding to the specimen that needs to be moved.
Step 3
Select Move Specimen and the corresponding form will appear.
Step 4
Search for the patient you want to move the specimen to by completing one or more of the available search fields, then select Next. The search results page will be displayed.
Step 5
Select the target patient by clicking on the appropriate card. The following confirmation page will appear.
Step 6
If the Accession Number and Patient to merge into details are correct, select Finish to perform the transfer. The form will close automatically. The specimen move can be confirmed by viewing the specimen list within the target patient record (see ????).