Has anyone been able to implement the required Zika comment on their donor unit labels with the combination of Hematrax and Meditech?

Hi Jennifer.  We are in the same boat.  We have Meditech looking into it, but have not received a response yet.  I am ordering pre-printed labels for now... just in case.

 

Jessie

Hi From Digi-Trax (HemaTrax):  We have developed solutions for the Zika compliance labeling thru HemaTrax and have had appropriated discussions with Meditech. It is our understanding that they have solution using HemaTrax.  You need to contact Meditech directly and if you need any technical assistance from us please contact hcagadas@digi-trax.com.  We also stock pre-print labels if you require them now (info@digi-trax.com).

Our problem is that both Digi-Trax and Meditech are claiming to have solved the problem, but the "fixes" are not communicating. We have yet to see any solution that gets us to the final outcome, which is printing the read-only comment on our donor units entered into Meditech onto labels from the Hematrax printer.  If someone has gotten that far, I'd love to hear from them.

We would like to help and if you would contact John Kling at 487-226-4237 or jkling@digi-trax.com.

We finally figured this out the other day!  We are in MT 6.08.  We use test code N0125 in the "Special Test Code" field of our ISBT print prompt.  All Meditech needs to do for us now is expand the character limit for us so that we can fit the entire comment.  Not sure if that helped anyone! 

 

Jessie

Edited October 19, 20168 yr by JessieBeeley
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Hi Jessie and Jennifer,

As previously noted by Digi-Trax, our Zika labeling solution is ready. If you could please let me know the task number you have opened with your BBK Applications Specialist and/or the names of your organizations, I will gladly follow up.  Please feel free to contact me directly via e-mail at amurphy@meditech.com.

Best Regards,

Amanda Murphy, Lead Software Tester, Laboratory Applications, Medical Information Technology, Inc. (MEDITECH)

Hi Amanda.  Our LIS specialist is already aware of the issue and is working with Meditech to expand the character limit for that field!  Thank you for you offer for assistance.  We are all set!!

 

Jessie

@amurphy Wow, someone from Meditech! Sending you a PM about an unrelated issue so I don't hijack the thread.

@amurphy We have the expanded field in test, we have entered the N0125 comment, have also entered this in our printer software. We can print a single label for a single unit, but do not know how to make this a permanent change.

Thanks, Jenny

Hi Jenny,

Since N0125 is just the ICCBBA code for any kind of investigational testing, we cannot associate permanent text.  It does not strictly correspond to Zika testing. Until such time as Zika testing is assigned its own approved ICCBBA bar code, users will need to manually enter the text on any units to which it should apply.  Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks 

1 hour ago, Jennifer Castle said:

@amurphy We have the expanded field in test, we have entered the N0125 comment, have also entered this in our printer software. We can print a single label for a single unit, but do not know how to make this a permanent change.

Thanks, Jenny

 

We believe that needs to be executed thru Meditech.

Amanda and I just spoke about the Zika issue.  Please refer to her Monday response to Jenny Castle’s inquiry which is the answer on how to print the Zika label.