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Enter Historical Immunizations

You can enter a patient's historical immunizations manually.

  1. On the immunizations tab, select Historical and select the Past Entry tab.

  2. To display all of the patient's past immunizations, select Quick Entry.
  3. To display a patient's past immunizations by a certain grouping, select Pediatrics, Adult, or By Category.
  4. To search for a patient's past Immunizations that are not in the Vaccine Inventory, in the Select Past Vaccines to Add to Patient's Record section, select Search, for example rabies.

  5. In the Selected Vaccine Details section, enter details for the past Immunizations that is required for the Registry, for example, Date Source and any pertinent comments.

  6. To enter the date, select the Date column and enter or select a date from the calendar.
  7. You can enter the date manually using any of the following format options:
    • By Year
    • By Month and Year
    • By Month, Day, and Year (that is, MM/DD/YYYY)
  8. To enter the Immunization's source, in the Source column, do one of the following:
    • Select the down arrow in the cell corresponding to the immunization.
    • If the source is the same for all of the patient's immunizations, select the source from the Source list at the top of the Select Vaccine Details section. For example, a patient's past immunizations are derived from a School Record.

  9. Enter any other pertinent information, if necessary, such as Comments, Brand, Lot Number, NDC ID, or Amount.
  10. Select the appropriate Save option to complete the Historical Immunizations entry:
    • Save & New: Saves changes, refreshes the window, and enables you to select and update more historical immunizations.
    • Save & Close: Saves all changes.