Welch Allyn CP 20 User Manual page 35

CP 20_______________________________________________________________________Section 3
ID Format
This option defines the format for the patient ID information prompts. There are four available formats: short,
standard, long, and long2.
The short format includes the patient's last name and first name, patient ID number, date of birth (which will
automatically calculate the age) and gender field.
The standard format includes the patient's last name, patient ID number, date of birth (which will automatically
calculate the age), height, weight, BP, gender, race, medication 1 and medication 2.
The long format includes the patient's last name, first name, patient ID number, age, height, weight, BP, race,
gender, medication 1, medication 2, clinical history and comment field.
The long2 format includes the patient's last name, first name, patient ID number, age, height, weight, gender, race,
medication 1, medication 2, location, room and comment field.
Height/Weight Units
This option defines the units of weight and height to either pounds/inches (lb/in) or kilograms/centimeters (kg/cm).
Date Format
This option defines the format for entering and displaying the patient's date of birth in either the U.S. format or the
European format.
For example:
US Date Format:
European Date Format:
NOTE: the date format option does not modify the acquisition date printed on each ECG. Using the
example above, the acquisition date would print as 16-Jul-2003.
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July 16 , 2003 is displayed as follows:
MM/DD/YY (07/16/2003)
DD.MM.YY (16.07.2003)
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