An off-line clinical chemistry computer system.

Abstract

A low cost computer-based data processing system for a middle-size clinical chemistry laboratory is described. The emphasis is laid on organizing the laboratory work, minimizing the amount of clerical and arithmetic work undertaken by the technicians, and providing positive specimen identification. Details of specimens arriving for analysis are input to the computer, which allocates laboratory numbers and constructs worksheets for the various chemical tests. The results are also input (off-line) to the machine, which brings together results of different tests on one specimen and prints out properly identified reports. The accumulated results are transferred to a large remote computer and stored there on an archives file.