Unfortunately, euthanasia is part of your job as a veterinarian. This article explains how to process a euthanasia in Animana.

Before you start

Step-by-step instructions

1. Open the patient file.
2. Click the Product button.
3. Find the (combi-)product that you used to execute the euthanasia.
4. If you are using a combi-product, tick the products and services used.
5. Enter the quantity used in the “quantity” field.
6. Click Add.
7. If this patient has future appointments in the calendar, a pop-up window appears asking if you want to delete the future appointments. Click Overview of future appointments to view the appointments in a separate tab.
8. Return to the tab with the pop-up window and either click Yes, Delete All Appointments or No, Keep Appointments.

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What happens after adding a euthanasia product?

If a euthanasia product in your product database has the action “euthanise” (Product Info tab), the following happens as soon as that product is added to a patient:

• the “died on” date is entered in the Patient Data tab
• the “status” field in the Patient Data is set to “euthanasia”
• the “active” field in the Patient Data is set to “no”
• all patient reminders are deleted
• a reminder for a condolence is added to the patient file and calendar
• should there be future appointments scheduled for the patient you will see a pop-up window asking if you want to delete the upcoming appointments. See step 7 above.
• mailings will no longer be sent for this patient

If the product is also marked as “euthanasia” in the product settings, once added to a patient record the product will be included in the euthanasia report (
> Reports > Report Euthanise).

If a letter is associated with the product in the product settings, then this letter is printed after adding this product to a patient record.

How do I create an automatic death certificate after euthanasia?

1. Set up a standard euthanasia statement in the Content Designer. Set the category and context to “patient file”. See the Related Articles.
2. Open the euthanasia product via
   > Products > Products and click the Product Info tab.
3. Check and set “euthanasia” to “yes” (provided it is a euthanasia product).
4. Check and set “action” to “euthanise”.
5. Behind the “letter” field, select your euthanasia statement from step 1.
6. Click Save.

The moment you now add this product to a patient, your euthanasia certificate will be printed automatically.

How do I create a death certificate for death by natural causes?

1. Set up a standard death certificate in the Content Designer. Set the category and context to “patient file”. See the Related Articles.
2. If it does not exist, create a product for “natural death” (or something similar) in your database via  > Products > Products and click Add Product at the top. See the Related articles.
3. Click the tab Product Info.
4. Check and set “action” to “euthanise”.
5. Behind the “letter” field, select your death certificate from step 1.
   
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   Note that you now leave “euthanasia” set to “no”.
6. Click Save.

The moment you now add this product to a patient, your death certificate will be printed automatically.

I forgot to delete the future appointments. Is it still possible to do that?

Yes, you can do so as follows:

1. Find the client.
2. In the Animals tab, click Show Inactive.
3. Click the patient’s name that needs their future appointments deleted.
4. Click the Patient Data tab on the top right.
5. On the right-hand side, tick the “Delete future appointments for this patient” box.
6. The pop-up window appears asking if you want to delete the upcoming appointments.
7. Click Yes, Delete All Appointments.

Related articles

• Learning path: Content Designer
• How do I add a letter or email (template)?
• How do I set up combi products?
• How do I add a new product?