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.