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<h1>New Lab Test</h1>
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Add a new lab test. Options are:
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<li>Field label</li>
<li>Test name</li>
<li>Lab section</li>
<li>Field type</li>
<li>Active</li>
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<h4>Field label</h4>
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How the new lab test will be displayed on web pages.
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<h4>Test name</h4>
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Internal (private) name for lab test. Will not appear on web pages.
Must be unique to particular lab section, and cannot contain spaces.
Different lab sections can have the same test name.
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<h4>Lab section</h4>
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Which lab section does this test belong to. There must be at least 1 lab
section already defined. If the lab test requires a results summary
section it will needs to be registered under its own lab section name.
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<h4>Field type</h4>
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Options are checkbox, textbox and textarea:
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Select 'checkbox' for tests which are intended to carry request status
information, eg new request, test pending, test complete.
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<li>Select 'textbox' for tests intended to carry short summary information,
such as dates, audit summaries, etc, up to about 20 characters in length.
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<li>Select 'textarea' for fields intended to contain more extensive
information, such as sets of intructions and details of any local
modification of selected tests. <em>NOTE</em>: this field type changes
the way information is displayed during the allocation of initial screen
tests and should <b>only</b> be used for fields which are not tests
themselves but are intended to display instruction-type information.
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The field type can be edited later without any change to the information
already contained in the test field. This parameter only affects the
visual layout of information displayed in the templates.
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<h4>Active</h4>
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Flag for whether the test is currently active. Defaults to 'yes'. Can be
switched on and off as required without loss of existing data. This parameter
only affects whether the test is available at the time of test allocation
on a new request.
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