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'''Serial numbers''' and '''study numbers''' are used as unique patient identifiers.  
We use multiple internal numbers to identify patients and patient encounters.
*[[Serial numbers]]
*[[L Person table|L Person]].Person_ID
*[[L Hospitalization]].Hospitalization_ID


The '''serial number''' is a number assigned manually from a consecutive sequence managed by each individual unit.
== Legacy ==
*[[Legacy - Study numbers | Study numbers]]
*[[Index numbers]]
*[[Encounter number]]


This means the serial number is unique at the unit level, but not across our data.  
=== batches ===
To identify patients sent at the same time (the old concept for this was "batch") see [[L_Log]].SentDtTm


A '''study number''' that is unique across the entire dataset is therefore generated when the data is appended.
We used to have
*[[Batch sent number]]
*[[Batch append number]]


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