How do I scan a barcode when giving a medication?
When giving a medication and you wish to scan the medications barcode you may do it by following the steps below.
On the home screen of your EquiTrace, either scan your horses microchip if you have a scanner connected or select the top button which says ‘Find Horse’.
You will then have a full list of your horses on this screen. You may filter this screen by Name, Barn, Dam, Recent. You can also search by horse name.
Once you have chosen the correct horse you will be brought to the horse's profile.
Select ‘Treatments for this Horse’.
You will then be brought to the Treatments page.
Once I input my medication how do I proceed to scan a barcode?
If you are recording a treatment select ‘Add New Drug’.
You may then scan the drug’s box barcode by selecting ‘Scan Drug’.
This will open your camera. You can point your camera towards the barcode of the drug and the app will scan this barcode and identify the correct drug.
When you scan the drugs barcode you will then be recording the medication’s expiry date and its batch number for accurate recording.
Scanning a barcode is much quicker and more accurate than inputting a medication manually.