Identification Numbers: Difference between revisions

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The only number assigned at the data collector level is the '''serial number''', a number assigned manually from a consecutive sequence managed by each individual unit where data is collected. This means the serial number is unique at the unit level, but not across our data.

=== ~~Wrong Serial Numbers~~ ===

=== Wrongly entered serial numbers ===

Sometimes the wrong serial number gets assigned to a patient. Due to the way HanDBase uses the serial number to relate records in different tables, '''serial numbers can not be changed once a patient has been entered into the PDA'''. If a serial number is changed, some or all of the related records such as diagnoses may go missing.

Sometimes the wrong serial number gets assigned to a patient. Due to the way [[HanDBase]] uses the serial number to relate records in different tables, '''serial numbers can not be changed once a patient has been entered into the PDA'''. If a serial number is changed, some or all of the related records such as diagnoses may go missing.

If the serial number is a duplicate of an existing or earlier serial, take down the data you entered for that patient on paper, delete the patient, and re-enter the patient with the correct serial number.

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 The only number assigned at the data collector level is the '''serial number''', a number assigned manually from a consecutive sequence managed by each individual unit where data is collected. This means the serial number is unique at the unit level, but not across our data.
-=== Wrong Serial Numbers ===
+=== Wrongly entered serial numbers ===
-Sometimes the wrong serial number gets assigned to a patient. Due to the way HanDBase uses the serial number to relate records in different tables, '''serial numbers can not be changed once a patient has been entered into the PDA'''. If a serial number is changed, some or all of the related records such as diagnoses may go missing.
+Sometimes the wrong serial number gets assigned to a patient. Due to the way [[HanDBase]] uses the serial number to relate records in different tables, '''serial numbers can not be changed once a patient has been entered into the PDA'''. If a serial number is changed, some or all of the related records such as diagnoses may go missing.
 If the serial number is a duplicate of an existing or earlier serial, take down the data you entered for that patient on paper, delete the patient, and re-enter the patient with the correct serial number.