Philips V24CT, V26CT manual Changing Patient Information, To clear data

Changing

Patient

Information

Admitting a Patient

name and medical record number at the bedside monitor (you can only change these at the central station). For the patient's name to appear on the display, recordings, and reports, the patient must be admitted to the monitor.

Before you admit a new patient, existing data - demographic and			Admit/Discharge/End Case
monitored - from the current patient must be cleared from the monitor in
order to avoid combining information from two patients in one record.
Depending on the monitor's configuration, either the Discharge Patient or
End Case Task Window is displayed. Press		to clear data.
	Confirm
Additionally, if the previous patient was initially admitted at the central
station, you must also discharge the patient from the central station
before a new patient can be admitted at central station or at the bedside.
When a new patient is admitted at the central station, the name and
medical record number will appear automatically in the Review Admit
Task Window.
The Review Admit Task Window is not accessible during a data transfer
to the monitor.
Note—Data begins to be collected within one to two minutes after the
patient is connected to the monitor. However, if data from the previous
patient is not erased, it will appear in the trends with the new patient's
data. No distinction will be made between the old and the new patients'
data.
At some time you may need to change or add to the patient information
entered for your patient. If the monitor is connected to a central station,
name and medical record number can only be changed at the central
station. Otherwise, all patient information in the Patient Information Task
Window can be changed at the bedside using the cursor keys and the
softkeys. These keys have the following functions:

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