If you have a link between your IDEXX VetLab Station (IVLS) and Animana, as soon as the IVLS result is known, it is forwarded directly to your Animana account and linked to the correct patient file. This article explains how to view those test results.
Before you start
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- Contact our Customer Support team to have the IDEXX module activated (free of charge) in Animana.
- For the link between Animana and your IVLS to work, you need two software programmes: Interlink (this sends the in-house diagnostics request from Animana to the IVLS; Interlink is set up by our Customer Support team) and WebAgent (this programme retrieves the test results from your IVLS and links them to the correct patient file in Animana). You need to install WebAgent yourself, see the related articles.
- If there are problems with the connection between WebAgent and your analysers, you will see the following icon in the top right:
. If you see this icon, first check if you can restore the connection, if not, contact our Customer Support team.
Step-by-step instructions
- In the top right of Animana, click on the Erlenmeyer icon and the red circle containing the number of unread test results:
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This is box titleShould you have indicated in the test request that multiple users within the practice should be notified of the result, they will see the same icon. - This will open your message inbox with lab results. In the ‘Subject’ column, you will see the name of the client and patient. Click on the correct name to view the test results.
- Click Open patient file to open the relevant patient file.
- From the patient file, you can e-mail (
) , view (
) , print (
) , or delete (
) the test result on the right. If you want to download the results in a PDF document, click Download PDF Report at the bottom of the test result. - If you want to add a note to the test results, click on the title of the result.
- In the next screen, you can leave a note in the top text field.
- Click Save.
The note is then visible above the test results in the patient file.