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Embedded Ampersand Characters

The & character is normally meant to be the sub-sub-composite delimiter. For more information, see Delimiter Characters. Occasionally though there are some non-conforming implementations of HL7 where the & character is not supported, yet the application data contains unescaped copies of the & character. Normally these should be represented using \T\. See Escape Characters for more information.

To fix this:

• Click Chameleon > Options. The Options window appears.

Options Window

• Click the Message Delimiters tab.
• Click the Configuration drop-down menu, and choose Custom.
• In the Escape Table, select the bottom row and delete it. This row sets the options for the & delimiter character.

Selecting the Bottom Row in the Escape Table