Result Notifications

Adding a notification note to a result in RALS provides documentation for regulatory purposes. When a clinician is notified, it can be recorded on the result in RALS. A result can have multiple notification notes, and RALS stores this information indefinitely.

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Institution Access
Adding
Editing
Cloning
Deactivating or Deleting
Fields

Institution Access

A notification note’s institution identity is defined by the parent result.

Adding

One or more notification note(s) can be added manually to a result.

Editing

Once a notification note is added to a result, it cannot be edited.

Cloning

A notification note cannot be cloned.

Deactivating or Deleting

Once a notification note is added to a result, it cannot be deleted.

Fields

When adding a notification note to a result, the fields are defined as follows:

Field Notes
Material For non-patient results; the material used while performing the non-patient test
Patient For patient results only; the patient associated with the result
Notification Time Time the notification was recorded
Notified By Operator who recorded the notification
Clinician Notified The person who was notified
Status Indicates whether the notification was Attempted or Successful
Notification Action Text describing the notification action

For more information about notification fields in the Results data table and details, see Results - Fields.