Print labels and patient identification

Available to

Registration officers, nurses, laboratory users, pharmacy staff.

Wristbands, cards and labels identify the patient, the specimen or the medicine. Each is printed from the record it belongs to, so the printed data always comes from the chart, and every print is logged.

Print a label

Open the record: the patient for wristbands and cards, the laboratory order or specimen for specimen labels, the dispensing event for pharmacy labels, or the eMAR record for inpatient labels.
Select the print button you need (see the table below).
In the print form, check the Document Type, choose the Printer if your facility has one, and enter the number of Copies.
Select Print.

What you can print

Where	Button	Prints
Patient	Print Wristband	Patient wristband.
Patient	Print Adult Wristband, Print Paediatric Wristband, Print Neonatal Band	The wristband for that age group.
Patient	Print MRN Card	The patient's medical record number card.
Patient	Print Allergy Alert	An allergy alert add-on label. The patient must have an active allergy.
Patient	Print Patient ID Label	A chart or envelope label.
Laboratory order	Print Labels	Specimen labels for the order. The order must have a specimen that can be labelled.
Specimen	Print Label	One specimen label. A specimen that is not expected or collected cannot be labelled.
Pharmacy dispensing event	Print Label, or Print Small Bottle Label, Print Standard Bottle/Box Label, Print Sachet/Blister Label, Print Dispensing Bag Label	The medicine label. Print Label uses the size set on the medicine; the others print a size you choose. See Choose the label size for a medicine.
eMAR record	Print Label, Print IV Bag Label, Print Syringe Label, Print High-Alert Label	A bedside medication label. Print Label opens the IV bag or syringe label that fits the medicine.
Encounter	Print Wristband, Print MAR, Print Observation Chart	The wristband, the medication chart, and the observation chart.

Rules

If something has already been printed, the system asks for a Reprint Reason before printing again.
All items printed together must belong to one facility, and the printer must belong to the same facility.
Copies must be within the limit shown on screen.
Open Laboratory → Print Log to see what was printed, when, by whom, on which printer and whether it was a reprint. The log cannot be edited or deleted.

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