2D Bar Code Scanners - Quick User Guide

This guide is for providers who would like to use the 2D Bar Code featues of the Children and Hoosier Immunization Registry Program, CHIRP.

Read what the CDC has to say about 2D Bar Codes here.

Step 1:

• You must install the Barcode Font onto your computer. Download the font here.
• Plug your scanner into the computer/laptop. (The 2D Bar Code scanners provided by the Indiana State Dept of Health are USB compatible. Once the scanner is plugged in the computer will load the necessary drivers automatically.)

IMPORTANT! Not all vaccines have 2D barcodes that will work with CHIRP. Please view the list of vaccines shipping with 2D barcodes from the CDC.

Bar code functionality is turned on at the Organization level so that all facilities within the organization will show bar code fields on the CHIRP interface and show the bar codes on certain printed forms and reports.

Now that you have the the above steps completed you are ready to go. You can learn how to use scanners with CHIRP by viewing the training pages listed below or at our Video Training site.

Training:

• Patient Search
• Adminstering Doses
• Lot Number Management
• Print Vaccination Route/Site Barcodes
• Create Scan Sheets

If you need any help, please contact the CHIRP help desk at 888-227-4439 or via email at chirp@isdh.in.gov.