eStar Update: Type and screen orders for VWCH patients

Because there are separate blood banks for VUMC (downtown) and VWCH facilities, ordering clinicians must take steps to ensure the appropriate blood bank completes requests for Type & Screen orders for patients at VWCH.

They will need to update their ordering behavior for Type & Screen labs for VWCH patients (if ordering from downtown campus). These labs must be electronically ordered indicating the location where the patient will actually have their labs collected. Of critical importance is the department indicated for the Encounter in which the order is placed.

Ordering clinicians should

· Log in to eStar department

· Select Encounter from Hyperspace toolbar

· Search for the patient who needs type and screen lab and Accept

· Select New

· Select Type of Orders Only

· Enter in correct department where lab should be drawn

· Inside the Orders Only encounter, place lab order with Future status

· Sign their orders and sign Orders Only encounter

Clinicians should remember to use the Encounter option and not the Order Only button in Hyperspace toolbar, as the Encounter option allows setting of the correct Department and Provider. The Orders Only automatically selects eStar log-in department as the Encounter department.

Refer to Tip Sheet “VWCH Verifying Correct Location for Type and Screen Lab Ordering” (available in Hubbl) for more information