diff --git a/app/models/concerns/media_object_intercom.rb b/app/models/concerns/media_object_intercom.rb
index 8c7f205031..ea328406b2 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/media_object_intercom.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/media_object_intercom.rb
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ def to_ingest_api_hash(include_structure = true, remove_identifiers: false)
           comment: comment.to_a,
           bibliographic_id: (bibliographic_id.present? ? bibliographic_id[:id] : nil),
           bibliographic_id_label: (bibliographic_id.present? ? bibliographic_id[:source] : nil),
-          note: (note.present? ? note.collect { |n| n[:note] } : nil),
-          note_type: (note.present? ? note.collect { |n| n[:type] } : nil),
+          note: (note.present? ? note.select { |n| n[:type] != 'intercom' }.collect { |n| n[:note] } : nil),
+          note_type: (note.present? ? note.select { |n| n[:type] != 'intercom' }.collect { |n| n[:type] } : nil),
           language: (language.present? ? language.collect { |n| n[:code] } : nil),
           related_item_url: (related_item_url.present? ? related_item_url.collect { |n| n[:url] } : nil),
           related_item_label: (related_item_url.present? ? related_item_url.collect { |n| n[:label] } : nil),
diff --git a/app/models/media_object.rb b/app/models/media_object.rb
index 4d0c912008..6c7feae867 100644
--- a/app/models/media_object.rb
+++ b/app/models/media_object.rb
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ def section_physical_descriptions
     all_pds.uniq
   end
 
+  # Returns true if the media object has been pushed from one avalon to another, i.e. it has some notes with type "intercom"
+  def intercom_pushed?
+    note.present? && note.any? { |n| n[:type] == 'intercom' }
+  end
+
   def to_solr
     super.tap do |solr_doc|
       solr_doc[ActiveFedora.index_field_mapper.solr_name("workflow_published", :facetable, type: :string)] = published? ? 'Published' : 'Unpublished'
@@ -242,6 +247,7 @@ def to_solr
       solr_doc['avalon_resource_type_ssim'] = self.avalon_resource_type.map(&:titleize)
       solr_doc['identifier_ssim'] = self.identifier.map(&:downcase)
       solr_doc['all_comments_sim'] = all_comments
+      solr_doc['intercom_pushed_bsi'] = intercom_pushed?
       #Add all searchable fields to the all_text_timv field
       all_text_values = []
       all_text_values << solr_doc["title_tesi"]
diff --git a/lib/avalon/intercom.rb b/lib/avalon/intercom.rb
index 151b1b175e..3896bf4af7 100644
--- a/lib/avalon/intercom.rb
+++ b/lib/avalon/intercom.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ def push_media_object(media_object, collection_id, include_structure = true)
           verify_ssl: false,
           timeout: 3600
         )
-        { link: URI.join(@avalon['url'], 'media_objects/', JSON.parse(resp.body)['id']).to_s }
+        result = { link: URI.join(@avalon['url'], 'media_objects/', JSON.parse(resp.body)['id']).to_s }
+        # add a note to indicate the item has been successfully pushed
+        pushnote = [{ note: "Pushed by #{@user} at #{Time.now.utc.strftime('%m/%d/%Y %H:%M%p %Z')}", type: 'intercom' }]
+        media_object.note = media_object.note.present? ? media_object.note + pushnote : pushnote
+        result[:message] = "The media object has been pushed to #{avalon}, but the note for this push failed to be saved." unless media_object.save
+        return result
       rescue StandardError => e
         { message: e.message, status: e.respond_to?(:response) && e.response.present? ? e.response.code : 500 }
       end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/catalog_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/catalog_controller_spec.rb
index c913d5b137..c335f8a825 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/catalog_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/catalog_controller_spec.rb
@@ -122,6 +122,22 @@
         expect(assigns(:document_list).count).to eq 1
         expect(assigns(:document_list).map(&:id)).to eq([mo.id])
       end
+      it "should show results for all pushed items" do
+        mo = FactoryBot.create(:fully_searchable_media_object, note: [{note: 'Pushed by user at time', type: 'intercom'}])
+        get 'index', :q => "intercom_pushed_bsi:true"
+        expect(response).to be_success
+        expect(response).to render_template('catalog/index')
+        expect(assigns(:document_list).count).to eq 1
+        expect(assigns(:document_list).map(&:id)).to eq([mo.id])
+      end
+      it "should show results for all non-pushed items" do
+        mo = FactoryBot.create(:fully_searchable_media_object)
+        get 'index', :q => "intercom_pushed_bsi:false"
+        expect(response).to be_success
+        expect(response).to render_template('catalog/index')
+        expect(assigns(:document_list).count).to eq 1
+        expect(assigns(:document_list).map(&:id)).to eq([mo.id])
+      end
     end
     describe "as an lti user" do
       let!(:user) { login_lti 'student' }
diff --git a/spec/lib/avalon/intercom_spec.rb b/spec/lib/avalon/intercom_spec.rb
index 7120ca0282..c489908011 100644
--- a/spec/lib/avalon/intercom_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/avalon/intercom_spec.rb
@@ -79,15 +79,18 @@
       response = Avalon::Intercom.new(username).push_media_object(media_object, 'cupcake_collection', false)
       expect(response[:message]).to eq('Avalon intercom target is not configured.')
     end
-    it "should respond to a failed api call with error" do
+    it "should respond to a failed api call with error, while the media object push status shall be false" do
       allow(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).and_call_original
       allow(RestClient::Request).to receive(:execute).with(hash_including(method: :post)).and_raise(StandardError)
       response = intercom.push_media_object(media_object, 'cupcake_collection', false)
       expect(response).to eq({ message: 'StandardError', status: 500 })
+      expect(media_object.intercom_pushed?).eql?(false)
     end
-    it "should respond with a link to the pushed object on target" do
+    it "should respond with a link to the pushed object on target, while the pushed content shall not include any intercom notes, and the media object push status shall be true" do
       media_object.ordered_master_files=[master_file_with_structure]
       media_object_hash = media_object.to_ingest_api_hash(false)
+      expect(media_object_hash[:fields][:note]).eql?(nil)
+      expect(media_object_hash[:fields][:notetype]).eql?(nil)
       media_object_hash.merge!(
         { 'collection_id' => 'cupcake_collection', 'import_bib_record' => true, 'publish' => false }
       )
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@
         with(body: media_object_json).to_return(status: 200, body: { 'id' => 'def456' }.to_json, headers: {})
       response = intercom.push_media_object(media_object, 'cupcake_collection', false)
       expect(response).to eq({ link: 'https://target.avalon.com/media_objects/def456'})
+      expect(media_object.intercom_pushed?).eql?(true)
     end
   end
 end