Deleting a Study

eRAD PACS is a storage solution for acquiring and managing image and report data although there may be instances when it is necessary to remove data from the system. Purging is a restricted function, requiring Delete permissions.

• Deleting a Study
• Deleting Series from a Study
• Deleting Objects from a Series
• Delete Logs

Deleting a Study

To permanently remove one or more studies from the eRAD PACS server:

1. Filter the worklist to find the study or studies to delete
2. To delete a single study select the Delete icon
3. To delete multiple studies at the same time:
1. Check the box on the far left of each study row and select the Delete  icon
4. Check the Immediate box to terminate all pending operations for the study and remove it from the entire system immediately     

5. Click the Delete icon to complete the deletion

If the study contains a report, a checkbox appears on the delete confirmation page:

• Unchecked - study’s report objects are removed from the server along with its image objects.
• Checked - the report objects, key image objects attached to the report and the private objects are retained

Click the Cancel to return to the worklist without deleting.  

There are two methods to manually removing a study from the system:  

• Remove the study from the local server:
• Frees disk space on the local server. Copies of the data queued for transmission to other servers or outside systems, waiting to be archived, or part of any other pending operation shall remain on the server until all such operations complete successfully. When the Immediate checkbox is empty, studies are removed from the local server only.
• Remove the study from the entire system:
• The primary purpose for this method is to remove the data system-wide so it can be reacquired as though it was the first time. Pending forwards, archive writes, etc., are immediately terminated. When the Immediate checkbox is checked, studies are removed from the entire system.

The delete function requires user rights. If icon is unavailable please contact the  system administrator.  

Deleting Series From a Study

Removing a select series from a study is available in the technologist view page.

See: Technologist View

Deleting Objects from a Series

Manually removing an image, presentation state, CAD marker or scanned document object from a study is done in the technologist view page.

See: Technologist View

Note: Manually deleting individual objects requires delete permissions.

Delete Logs

The logs will contain an OBJECT level entry with action of delete for each object purged from a study, and a STUDY level entry for a partial delete. The name of the worklist filter (list) used in the delete is contained in the Partial Rules field on the Logs page.

See: Logs

eRAD PACS Enterprise solutions maintain a single list of studies. There is no difference between studies on the worklist or in the archive. The delete action permanently removes all copies of a study from the server.