How to Configure Your Diagnostic Tests

Shelterluv allows you to create completely customizable tests with flexible results. This ensures you configure your diagnostic tests to meet your organization's needs.

Click your Username > Configuration > Medical > Diagnostic Tests to get started.

What user permissions do I need to configure my diagnostic tests?

  • Configure my shelter's medical module

What do I need to configure before I create a diagnostic test?

alert-outline.svg
Note
Configuration is only accessible through a desktop or laptop. You cannot access the Configuration section on a mobile device.

 

Learn your way

Prefer watching over reading? Check out the video below!

How to Configure a New Diagnostic Test

Follow these steps to configure a new diagnostic test:

  1. From the Diagnostic Tests configuration section, click the green outline-add-circle.svg Add Diagnostic Test button.
  2. Fill out the Add Diagnostic Test form as outlined below.
  3. Click the green Save button.

Create

Diagnostic Test Form Definitions

Field Name Definition
Test Name The name that will display when selecting a diagnostic test to add to an animal record.
Default Product If you don't know the appropriate product, choose Other In-House Test or Other Diagnostic Laboratory Test. Knowing what type of product was used allows Shelterluv to monitor which animals have been tested for a particular disease, regardless of what test was used.
Next Due This field is optional
Result Name The name that will display when selecting a result when completing the test.
Type Positive/negative or Text. We recommend Positive/Negative for simple tests such as FeLV/FIV, heartworm, Wood's lamp, etc. Choose Text if the test has a more complicated result, such as bloodwork, PCR, or urinalysis.
Link to diagnosis This field is optional
outline-add-circle.svg Add Result Option You can use this button if your diagnostic test requires more than one option for a result.

How to Edit and Delete a Diagnostic Test

  • Follow these steps to edit a diagnostic test:

      • From the Diagnostic Tests configuration section, click the Type dropdown menu and choose a diagnostic test.

      • Click the pencil outline-edit.svg to open the Edit Diagnostic Test form.

      • Make your adjustments and click the green Save button.

    Edit

  • Follow these steps to delete a diagnostic test:

      • From the Diagnostic Tests configuration section, click the Type dropdown menu and choose a diagnostic test.

      • Click the trashcan outline-trash-delete.svg .

      • Read the warning and click the red Delete button.

    Delete

    Warning-Outline.svg
    Warning
    You cannot recover diagnostic tests that you delete.

Diagnostic Test Examples

  • FeLV/FIV combo

    • Number of results = 2
    • Result name 1: FeLV, type: positive/negative, linked diagnosis: feline leukemia virus (FeLV)
    • Result name 2: FIV, type: positive/negative, linked diagnosis: feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)  

  • Ringworm/DTM culture 

    • Number of results = 1
    • We recommend 1 result. You can always write specific culture or microscopy results in the notes field.
    • Result type: Positive/negative, linked diagnosis: Ringworm

    OR

    • Number of results = 2
    • Result name 1: Culture plate, type: positive/negative
    • Result name 2: Microscopic examination, type: text, linked diagnosis: ringworm

  • Fecal

    • Number of results= 1
    • We recommend having one result. You can always write specific results in the notes field.
    • Result type: positive/negative, linked diagnosis: coccidia, giardia 

    OR

    • Result type: text, linked diagnosis: coccidia, giardia

  • QATS

    • Number of results = 4
    • Product: other (in-house)
    • Result name 1: PCV, type: text
    • Result name 2: TP, type: text 
    • Result name 3: Glucose, type: text
    • Result name 4: Azo, type: text 

  • CBC, Chem, necropsy, radiographs/x-rays, ultrasound, USG, blood smear, histopathology

    • Number of results = 1+
    • Product: other (diagnostic laboratory) or other (in-house)
    • This will help keep more accurate records about the type of test which was performed
    • We recommend using one text result for these types of tests as there is often an interpretive element
    • Result type: text, linked diagnosis: neoplasia, bladder stones, etc.

  • Urinalysis

    • Number of results = 1-3
    • You can keep this test simple, or may it be more complex based on what you routinely perform at your clinic. 
    • Result name 1: USG, type: text, linked diagnosis: Kidney disease
    • Result name 2: Sediment exam, type: text, linked diagnosis: urinary tract infection (UTI)
    • Result name 3: Dipstick, type: text, linked diagnosis: Diabetes mellitus