Laptop identifier

The laptop identifier is used to figure out which directory to send to on Regional Server.

The naming convention is a letter for the site and a 1 digit number that has no inherent meaning other than to ID a laptop.

Laptop Identifier Assignment

Entry "Laptop_Identifier" added to Settings / A_Info table

• G9 - old GRA_MICU - p:Gladys Ens
• G8 - old GRA_N3 - p:Mindy Crawley
• G7 - old GRA_N5 - p:Sherry Urbanski
• H9 - old HSC_ICUa - p:Joanna Velasco
• H8 - old HSC_ICUb - p:Joyce Peterson
• H7 - old HSC_ICUd - vacant so different staff cover
• H6 - old HSC_A4 - vacant so different staff cover
• H5 - old HSC_B3 (& D5) -p:Iris DeLeon
• H4 - old HSC_D4 - p:Michelle Lagadi
• H3 - old HSC_H4 - vacant so different staff cover
• S9 - old STB_CCU (ACCU) - p:Marla Penner
• S8 - old STB_CICU - p:Stephanie Cortilet
• S7 - old STB_MISI - p:Valerie Penner
• S6 - old STB_MedB - vacant so different staff cover
• S5 - old STB_MedA - p:Pamela Piche
• S4 - old STB_MedD - p:Debbie Page Newton

Implementation

It would be best if this change was done before Update of D ID to include a laptop identifier

CCMDB.accdb

In CCMDB.accdb, the function LaptopLocation() will return the location of the laptop it is run on.

Background

We are using:

• single digits numbers for ease of filling TISS (it doesn't accept letters for that field)
• descending numbers to make it less likely that someone accidentally enters old page number rather than laptop ID
• single letters to minimize the increase in data

What would need to change?

see Update_of_D_ID_to_include_a_laptop_identifier#Implementation

Legacy

The laptop identifier used to be 3 letters for the site plus 2-4 letters for the unit where a laptop initially collected. This was a problem because the ward locations changed over time and wasn't necessarily updated because any change needs to deal with a lot of lose ends. Also, many laptops collect more than one location so listing a single one for them was confusing.