Overview of Collections

You can manage and record sample collections from Collections, including:

  • Viewing and recording collections for inpatients and outpatients

  • Assigning collections to team members

    For example, Phlebotomy managers can assign sample collections to their team.

  • Reassigning collections

    For example, if a team member could not complete a collection, you can assign the collection to someone else.

Home

Your home dashboard. You can customise your home dashboard to show your choice of information. Your home dashboard is available across Nervecentre.

Read about setting up your home dashboard

Team Collections

Shows collections for inpatients. You can view collections that have been assigned to you or all users.

You can:

  • Record when you have collected a sample

  • Record that you were unable to collect a sample

  • Print labels and forms for collection

Manage Collections

Shows all collections. You can assign and reassign collections. You can change the collection service.

For example, from here a phlebotomy manager can allocate a collection to a phlebotomist.

Outpatient Collections

Shows collections for outpatients. You can select an outpatient to view collections for them.

You can view their outstanding collections, recently collected samples, and collections that have timed out. You can record when you have collected a sample.

Patient Detail

View and edit demographic and clinical information about a patient.

All Investigations

View investigations for all patients or a specific group of patients.

You can filter the collections you view.

  • Select the campus, ward, and collection service.

  • Select to view patients grouped by campus and/or ward.

  • Select Clear to restore the default options.

  • Select All Assignees to view collections for all users.

Shows the list of collections.

Select to organise content into ascending or descending order.

Shows the patient's details.

Select to view the patient's record.

Shows collections for the patient.

  • Select Collected All to record all samples as taken.

  • Select a collection then Collected Partial to record one sample as taken.

  • Select Unable to collect to record you were unable to take the sample.

  • Select Print to print the collection form or label.

You can filter the collections you view.

  • Select the campus, ward, and collection service.

  • Select to view patients grouped by campus and/or ward.

  • Select Clear to restore the default options.

Shows the list of collections.

Select to organise content into ascending or descending order.

Enter a name in filter to search for a staff member.

Select Manage Team to view staff members and their collection services.

When you select an order, staff members are shown here.

  • Select Unassign Collection to unassign the collection.

  • Select Assign Collection to assign the collection to the selected staff member.

  • Select Change Collection to change the collection service.

Shows the patient's details.

Select Select Patient or the patient's name to search for a patient.

Outstanding Collections

Shows samples that have not been taken.

Recently Collected

Shows samples that were recently collected.

Timed Out

Shows collections that have timed out and have the status 'OP Unknown'.

Shows samples that need collecting from the patient.

  • Select Collected All to record all samples as taken.

  • Select a sample, then select Collected Partial to record one sample as taken.

  • Select Unable to collect to record you were unable to take the sample.

  • Select Print to print the order form or label.

    Read more about printing order forms and labels

Move between patients on the same patient list.

Shows the patient's name and identifier numbers A number that identifies the patient. For example, a hospital number, NHS number, or local patient identifier..

Select the patient's name to search for another patient.

Read more about searching for a patient

Shows patient tags and bed tags. For example, your organisation might have patient tags for sepsis, AKI, pregnancy, or disabilities.

Read more about patient tags

Mouseover to see the patient's address, and their GP's address.

Select to receive notifications about this patient.

Read about getting notifications about a patient

DoB / Age / Sex

Shows the patient's date of birth, age, and sex.

Ward / Bed

  • If the patient is an inpatient, Ward / Bed is shown. Ward / Bed shows the ward and bed the patient is in.

  • If the patient is an ED patient, Area / Locn is shown. Area / Locn shows the area and location the patient is in.

Read more about viewing information about the patient's current visit

Select ▼ to transfer the patient.

Read more about transferring a patient

Admitted

Admitted shows the date the patient was admitted and the time since admission.

  • For inpatients, the time since admission is shown in hours, then after 24 hours has passed, the days since admission is shown.

  • For ED patients, the time since admission is shown in hours, then after 24 hours has passed, '>24 hours' is shown.

Consultant / Specialty

Shows the name of the consultant and the consultant’s specialty.

Navigate between the clinical areas of Patient Detail.

Select to see more areas.

Read more about these areas

The areas available to you depend your organisation.

Shows detailed information about the patient. The information shown depends on the area you select.

Select and enter information to search for investigations.

Shows investigations returned by your search.

Export the current results to an .xlsx file.