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The bottom of the screen has labels that indicate the current function of the soft keys located
directly underneath the display. Some devices have fewer soft keys or dedicated hard keys
for these functions.
2.
Enter Patient Identification
When possible, enter patient identification information. Regulatory bodies have already
identified that a leading cause of medical errors is the lack of patient identification
information on clinical reports. Since computerized electrocardiographs can store and print
previously acquired ECGs, there is a possibility that a printed report can be associated with
the wrong patient. Sometimes, there are situations when patient information cannot be
entered, such as during an emergency. However, if ECGs are routinely acquired without any
patient information, the probability of inadvertently printing a previously acquired ECG and
mistakenly using it as if it is the patient's current ECG is increased.
It is possible to configure some GE Healthcare electrocardiographs to require some form of
patient identification to be entered before an ECG is acquired. However, if a user does not
want to ever enter any patient information, then the aforementioned configuration will be
rendered useless and turned off.
Options to consider: Bar code scanner or other automated approach
If your clinical environment uses bar codes, some GE Healthcare electrocardiographs can
be optionally configured with a bar code scanner. This makes it very easy to enter accurate
patient demographics from the patient's wrist band or a printed label. In a matter of seconds,
an ECG record can be uniquely identified and associated with the correct patient information
without any typographical errors. GE Healthcare devices can also support card readers or
other sophisticated solutions, such as automatically interfacing with systems that provide
patient information.
1.
The MAC 1200 has no soft keys. All functions are supported via hard keys. For example, patient information is selected via a dedicated hard
key. MAC 600, MAC 800 have 4 soft keys. MAC 1600, MAC 2000, MAC 3500, MAC 5000, MAC 5500, and MAC 5500 HD have 6 soft keys as shown
in step 1.
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