DBIA3181-B ICR (3182)

Name

Value

NUMBER

3182

IA #

3182

DATE CREATED

2000/09/06

CUSTODIAL PACKAGE

VBECS

CUSTODIAL ISC

Chicago

USAGE

Controlled Subscription

TYPE

Routine

ROUTINE

VBECA1

NAME

DBIA3181-B

ORIGINAL NUMBER

3181

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The entry point ABO^VBECA1 is provided by the Blood
Bank package to return data from the LAB DATA file (#63) including the field
ABO GROUP (#.05) for the DFN value provided in the call. The API will return
the value to the caller of the API for the record found.

STATUS

Retired

DURATION

Till Otherwise Agreed

VBECA1

COMPONENT/ENTRY POINT

COMPONENT DESCRIPTION

VARIABLES

ABO

INPUT DEFINITION:

DFN = internal entry number from the PATIENT file (#2) (Passed as a
parameter).  You must precede the internal entry number with the accent grave
character ( ` ).

OUTPUT DEFINITION:

"A" or "B" or "AB" or "O"

This function will return the ABO Blood Group value found for the patient
provided in the call.  This is an extrinsic function call. If no valid patient
identifier is provided, the call will return a value of -1. If no ABO Blood
Group value for the patient exists in the database, the function will return a
null value to the call.

VARIABLES	TYPE	VARIABLES DESCRIPTION
DFN	Input	This is the internal entry number from the PATIENT file (#2) (Passed as a parameter). You must precede the internal entry number with the accent grave character ( ` )

SUBSCRIBING PACKAGE

SUBSCRIBING PACKAGE	ISC
LAB SERVICE	Dallas