In situations where a patient has a record of vaccinations from a different veterinarian, the steps below will ensure that an appropriate reminder is created, the vaccination is tracked in the patient record, and inventory counts remain unaffected.
How to Record a Vaccine Administered at a Previous Clinic:
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From the Choose Action or the Patient Dashboard page, click on the Reminders widget.
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Click on the plus sign in the upper right corner of that window, and enter a historical vaccine in the Description field.
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As an additional option, you may add the previous clinic's name in the Description field so that one can easily recognize if a vaccine was given at your hospital (pictured below).
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Click on the Start Date field, and populate the date from the calendar that it was administered. Click the Delay dropdown, and select the duration for the next reminder.
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Click Ok when finished.
- Repeat steps 2-4 for as many reminders as needed.
Helpful Hint:
For assistance with adding vaccines to the patient record given at your hospital, check out the "Recording a Vaccine Administered at Your Clinic" article.