In Dentrix Enterprise, you can add the laboratories to which you send lab orders (for example, blood tests, biopsies, and cultures). You can edit or delete an existing lab's information only if that lab was added manually (not added from an external system through HL7).
Note: Accessing a patient's lab orders to manage laboratories requires the "Manage Lab Tests" security right.
To manage laboratories
With a patient selected in Chart, do one of the following:
Click
the Orders button 
on the toolbar.
On the File menu, click Orders.
If applicable, do one of the following:
If the Password - Manage Lab Tests dialog box appears, user verification has been assigned to the "Manage Lab Tests" task. Do one of the following:
If your user account has been granted the "Manage Lab Tests" security right, enter your credentials in the User ID and Password boxes, and then click OK.
If your user account has not been granted the "Manage Lab Tests" security right, have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can manage lab orders and labs this one time. The overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
If a message appears, informing you that you do not have rights to this operation, your user account has not been granted the "Manage Lab Tests" security right. To have a user with permission temporarily override this restriction so you can manage lab orders and labs this one time, do the following:
On the message, click Yes.
In the Password - Manage Lab Tests dialog box, the overriding user enters his or her credentials in the User ID and Password boxes and then clicks OK.
The Orders dialog box appears.
Under Orders, click Add Order.
The Add Lab Order dialog box appears.
Click
the Lab Information search button
.
The Select Lab dialog box appears.
Note: If the list is long, to filter it by lab name, in the Enter Lab Name box, begin entering the name of a lab. As you type, the first lab that matches is selected automatically.
Do any of the following as needed:
To add a lab, do the following:
Click New.
The New Lab dialog box appears.
Set up the following options as needed:
Lab Code - An abbreviated description or internal code to identify the lab.
Lab Name - The name of the lab. The name is the only information that is required to save the lab.
Address - The lab's street address. In the first and second Street boxes, enter the first and, if applicable, second line of the address, respectively. In the City, ST, and Zip boxes, enter the corresponding city, state, and ZIP Code, respectively.
Lab Phone - The lab's phone number.
Click OK.
To edit a lab, do the following:
Select a lab, and then click Edit.
Note: This button is available only if a lab that was manually added is selected.
The Edit Lab dialog box appears.
Change any of the following options as needed:
Lab Code - An abbreviated description or internal code to identify the lab.
Lab Name - The name of the lab.
Address - The lab's street address. In the first and second Street boxes, enter or change the first and, if applicable, second line of the address, respectively. In the City, ST, and Zip boxes, enter or change the corresponding city, state, and ZIP Code, respectively.
Lab Phone - The lab's phone number.
Click OK.
To delete a lab, do the following:
Select a lab, and then click Delete.
Note: This button is available only if a lab that was manually added is selected.
A confirmation message appears.
Click Yes.
Because you are managing labs and not adding an order, it does not matter if you click OK or Cancel to close the Select Lab dialog box.
Because you are managing labs and not adding an order, click Cancel to close the Add Lab Order dialog box.
You are returned to the Orders dialog box.
Click Close.