CN112782412A

CN112782412A - Sample priority setting method, sample priority testing method and sample analysis system

Info

Publication number: CN112782412A
Application number: CN201911061130.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王鑫润
Original assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-01
Filing date: 2019-11-01
Publication date: 2021-05-11

Abstract

A setting method of sample priority, a sample testing method and a sample analysis system are provided, which are used for obtaining the priority of the testing item with the highest priority in the testing item set of the sample and taking the priority as the priority of the sample; the priority of the samples is determined at least according to the priority of the samples. Due to the fact that the concept of the priority of the test items is introduced, the priority of the test items required to be carried out by the samples is considered in the process of scheduling and testing the samples, and therefore the TAT time requirement of the specific items of the samples is met.

Description

Sample priority setting method, sample priority testing method and sample analysis system

Technical Field

The invention relates to a sample priority setting method, a sample testing method and a sample analysis system.

Background

The clinical laboratory test patient sample mainly has two major indexes, namely the accuracy and reliability of a test result, and the Turn-Around Time (TAT) of the sample test, namely the Time of the sample test result.

Generally, the detection department has a clear requirement on the sending time of the test report of the patient sample, so in order to meet the TAT time of the patient sample, the following two methods are generally used.

Firstly, different priorities are set for different sample types, for example, emergency samples are usually required to be processed as soon as possible, so the priority is highest, the time for processing the result by the physical examination samples is relatively loose, and the priority is generally lower, so when various types of samples are put into the equipment for detection, the equipment can identify the types of the samples and test the samples according to the priority.

Secondly, introducing emergency treatment or emergency and other priority channels on hardware to distinguish common conventional channels; the equipment can preferentially detect the samples in the preferential channels and then detect the samples in the conventional channels; the user meets the TAT time requirement for each sample by placing the sample in a different channel.

Nevertheless, in many cases the TAT time of the samples is still difficult to meet.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems, the present application provides a sample priority setting method, a sample testing method, and a sample analysis system.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment provides a method for setting a sample priority, including:

generating a priority setting interface, wherein the priority setting interface comprises test item entries and priority entries thereof;

responding to the operation of the user on the priority setting interface, and setting the test items to be corresponding priorities; wherein the priority of the highest priority test item in the test item set of the sample is used as the priority of the sample.

In one embodiment, the setting the test items to the corresponding priorities in response to the user operating the priority setting interface includes:

test items in the test item entries are added, deleted or modified in response to user manipulation of the test item entries.

the priority setting interface also comprises an adding button and/or a deleting button;

responding to the click of the user on the adding button, and adding a test item and a priority item thereof on the priority setting interface;

and responding to the click of the user on the deletion key, deleting the currently selected test item and the priority item thereof in the priority setting interface.

and setting the content representing the priority in the priority entry in response to the operation of the user on the priority entry.

In one embodiment, the content indicating the priority in the priority entry is a number, a larger number indicates a higher priority or a smaller number indicates a higher priority, and the same number indicates the same priority.

the priority setting interface also comprises a priority processing mode item corresponding to the test item;

setting the content representing the priority processing mode in the priority processing mode entry in response to the operation of the user on the priority processing mode entry; the content indicating the priority processing mode in the priority processing mode entry is one or more of a priority processing mode based on a test item unit, a priority processing mode based on a sample unit, a priority processing mode based on a scheduling unit and a priority processing mode based on a module internal sample.

In one embodiment, the setting the test items to the corresponding priorities in response to the user operating the priority setting interface further includes:

responding to the click of the user on the adding button, and adding a test item, a priority item and a priority processing mode item on the priority setting interface;

and in response to the click of the user on the deletion key, deleting the currently selected test item in the priority setting interface, the priority item and the priority processing mode item.

In one embodiment, the prioritization interface further includes a sample type entry and a sample type priority entry;

editing the sample type in the sample type entry in response to the user's operation on the sample type entry;

and setting the content representing the sample type priority in the sample type priority entry in response to the operation of the sample type priority entry by the user.

In one embodiment, the priority of the samples is determined by one or two of the following methods:

the method comprises the following steps that firstly, the higher the priority of a sample is, the higher the priority of the sample is, and when the priorities of the samples are the same, the higher the priority of the type of the sample is, the higher the priority of the sample is;

in the second mode, the higher the priority of the sample type is, the higher the priority of the sample is, and when the priorities of the sample types are the same, the higher the priority of the sample is.

In one embodiment, the priority setting interface further comprises a test item weight priority and/or a sample type weight priority option;

enabling the first mode to determine the priority degree of the sample in response to the user selecting the option of the test item weight priority;

and enabling the second mode to determine the priority degree of the sample in response to the user selecting the option of the sample type weight priority.

In one embodiment, the priority setting interface further includes a priority processing mode entry corresponding to the sample type entry;

setting the content representing the priority processing mode in the priority processing mode entry corresponding to the sample type entry in response to the operation of the user on the priority processing mode entry corresponding to the sample type entry; the content of the priority processing mode item indicating the priority processing mode is one or more of a priority processing mode based on a test item as a unit, a priority processing mode based on a sample as a unit, a priority processing mode based on a scheduling unit and a priority processing mode based on a module internal sample;

and determining the priority processing mode of the sample according to the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item entry and the priority processing mode corresponding to the sample type entry.

In one embodiment, the determining the priority processing mode of the sample according to the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item entry and the priority processing mode corresponding to the sample type entry includes:

taking the priority processing mode with high level as the priority processing mode of the sample in the priority processing modes corresponding to the test item items and the sample type items; the priority processing mode is a priority processing mode based on a test item unit, a priority processing mode based on a sample unit, a priority processing mode based on a scheduling unit and a priority processing mode based on a module internal sample in sequence from high to low.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment provides a method of testing a sample, comprising:

determining the priority of a sample to be tested; wherein the priority of the sample is set by the setting method described in any of the embodiments herein;

and controlling each sample to carry out testing according to the priority of the sample.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment provides a method of testing a sample, comprising:

acquiring a test item set of a sample to be tested;

acquiring the priority of the test item with the highest priority in the test item set of the sample, and taking the priority as the priority of the sample;

determining the priority degree of the samples according to the priority degrees of the samples;

In one embodiment, the determining the priority of the samples according to at least the priorities of the samples comprises:

also obtaining a sample type priority of the sample;

and determining the priority degree of the samples according to the priority of the samples and the type priority of the samples.

In one embodiment, the determining the priority of the samples according to the priority of the samples and the sample type priority includes:

when the priority of the sample is higher, and when the priorities of the samples are the same, the priority of the sample type is higher, and the priority of the sample is higher; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the higher the priority of the sample type, the higher the priority of the sample, and the higher the priority of the sample when the sample type priorities are the same, the higher the priority of the sample.

In one embodiment, controlling the samples to be tested according to their priorities includes:

obtaining a priority processing mode of a sample; the priority processing mode comprises one or more of a priority processing mode based on a test item as a unit, a priority processing mode based on a sample as a unit, a priority processing mode based on a scheduling unit and a priority processing mode based on the interior of a module;

and when the sample has higher priority than the sample arranged in front of the sample and is not lower than the sample arranged behind the sample, testing the sample according to the priority processing mode of the sample.

In one embodiment, the testing the sample according to the priority processing manner of the sample includes:

when the priority processing mode of the sample is a priority processing mode based on the test item as a unit, not pre-arranging the test items which are not pre-arranged of the sample under test, and starting to pre-arrange the test items of the sample;

when the priority processing mode of the sample is a priority processing mode based on the sample as a unit, the test items of the sample are pre-arranged after all the test items of the sample being tested are pre-arranged;

when the priority processing mode of the sample is a scheduling unit-based priority processing mode, performing pre-arrangement on the test items of the sample after all the test items of all the samples on the same scheduling unit as the sample currently being tested are pre-arranged;

and when the priority processing mode of the sample is a module-based priority processing mode, after all the test items of all the samples arranged before the sample are arranged, starting to arrange the test items of the sample.

In one embodiment, the manner of preferentially processing the acquired samples includes:

acquiring a priority processing mode corresponding to a test item with the highest priority in a sample;

obtaining a priority processing mode of a sample type;

and determining the priority processing mode of the sample according to the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item with the highest priority in the sample and the priority processing mode of the sample type.

In one embodiment, determining a priority processing mode of a sample according to a priority processing mode corresponding to a test item with the highest priority in the sample and a priority processing mode of a sample type includes:

taking the priority processing mode with high level as the priority processing mode of the sample from the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item with the highest priority in the sample and the priority processing mode of the sample type; the priority processing mode is a priority processing mode based on a test item unit, a priority processing mode based on a sample unit, a priority processing mode based on a scheduling unit and a priority processing mode based on a module internal sample in sequence from high to low.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment provides a sample analysis system comprising:

the measuring component is used for detecting the sample to obtain a sample detection result;

the sample part is used for bearing a sample to be tested, sucking the sample and then providing the sample to the measuring part;

a reagent unit for carrying a reagent and sucking the reagent and supplying the reagent to the measurement unit;

a memory for storing a program;

a processor for implementing the method as described in any one of the embodiments herein by executing the program stored by the memory.

According to a fifth aspect, a sample analysis system comprises:

a plurality of cascaded analysis modules for testing a sample;

the system comprises a track connected with each analysis module, and a scheduling device for scheduling a sample to be tested to the corresponding analysis module through the track;

a memory for storing a program;

According to a sixth aspect, an embodiment provides a computer readable storage medium comprising a program executable by a processor to implement a method as described in any of the embodiments herein

According to the setting method of the priority degree of the sample, the sample testing method, the sample analysis system, and the computer-readable storage medium of the above embodiments, since the concept of the priority of the test item is introduced, the priority of the test item that the sample needs to be performed is considered in the process of scheduling and testing the sample, thereby satisfying the TAT time requirement for a specific item of the sample.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a sample analysis system according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a sample analysis system according to another embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a sample analysis system according to yet another embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a sample analysis system according to yet another embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a preprocessing module according to an embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary aftertreatment module;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a sample analysis system according to yet another embodiment;

FIG. 8(a) is a schematic diagram of determining the sample priority according to two priorities of samples; FIG. 8(b) is a diagram illustrating the determination of sample priority by a priority of a sample;

FIG. 9 is a schematic illustration of a prioritization interface of an embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a prioritization interface of another embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic illustration of a prioritization interface of yet another embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a schematic illustration of a prioritization interface of yet another embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a schematic illustration of a prioritization interface of a further embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a flow chart of a method of testing a sample of an embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a flow diagram of determining a priority of a sample to be tested in one embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a flow chart of an embodiment for controlling the testing of samples according to their priorities;

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a sample priority setting method according to an embodiment.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. Wherein like elements in different embodiments are numbered with like associated elements. In the following description, numerous details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application. However, those skilled in the art will readily recognize that some of the features may be omitted or replaced with other elements, materials, methods in different instances. In some instances, certain operations related to the present application have not been shown or described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the core of the present application from excessive description, and it is not necessary for those skilled in the art to describe these operations in detail, so that they may be fully understood from the description in the specification and the general knowledge in the art.

Furthermore, the features, operations, or characteristics described in the specification may be combined in any suitable manner to form various embodiments. Also, the various steps or actions in the method descriptions may be transposed or transposed in order, as will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art. Thus, the various sequences in the specification and drawings are for the purpose of describing certain embodiments only and are not intended to imply a required sequence unless otherwise indicated where such sequence must be followed.

The numbering of the components as such, e.g., "first", "second", etc., is used herein only to distinguish the objects as described, and does not have any sequential or technical meaning. The term "connected" and "coupled" when used in this application, unless otherwise indicated, includes both direct and indirect connections (couplings).

The applicant has found that in addition to the explicit TAT time requirements for different types of samples from different batches, in many cases, there are also specific TAT time requirements for samples with specific items; for example, the department has a 1 hour TAT time requirement for emergency type samples, which is more urgent, 30 minutes for emergency type samples with troponin program. Several solutions have been proposed to solve this problem.

The first scheme is a segmented sample loading strategy. In order to meet the TAT time requirement of the sample with the specific item, a user distinguishes the sample with the specific item from the sample without the specific item, and adopts a strategy of sectional sample loading, the sample with the specific item is taken as a batch of samples to be loaded, when the batch of samples are sucked, the sample without the specific item is taken as a batch of samples to be loaded, and therefore the sample with the specific item can have a test result earlier than the sample without the specific item through artificial sectional sample loading. Obviously, however, the case has some disadvantages, such as the need for manually sorting and sectionally loading samples, and for example, if samples without specific items are loaded as a batch of samples and samples with specific items are delivered to the detection department, the newly delivered samples cannot be inserted into the samples which have been loaded before, and therefore their TAT time may not be satisfied.

The second scheme is to use a priority channel. The user may place a sample with a particular item into the priority channel so that the sample with the particular item is blotted and tested before the sample placed in the conventional channel. Obviously, however, this case has some disadvantages, for example, the number of priority channels is only one special channel, and is only activated as a special case, so that the number is small, and the case is difficult to be applied to the test of batch samples; and the priority with which the samples on each priority channel are processed is the same, which results in the TAT time requirement for the sample with the particular entry being very likely to fail.

The applicant introduces the concept of test item priority, which takes into account the priority of the test item that a sample needs to perform in scheduling and testing the sample, thereby satisfying the TAT time requirement for a particular item of the sample. The technical solution of the present application can be applied to a single-machine device, and can also be applied to a sample analysis system formed by cascading a plurality of single-machine devices, so a description will be given below of a system of a single-machine device and a system of a multi-machine device.

The sample analysis system of some embodiments may include one or more analysis devices. When the sample analysis system comprises only one analysis device, the sample analysis system is actually a single-machine test system, and when the sample analysis system comprises a plurality of cascaded analysis devices, the sample analysis system is actually a pipelined sample analysis system.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the sample analysis system is a single-machine testing system, which may include a sample unit 11, a reagent unit 14, and a measurement unit 17, which will be described in detail below.

The sample part 11 is used for carrying a sample to be tested, and after the sample is sucked, the measuring part 17 is provided. Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments, the sample unit 11 may include a sample introduction unit 12 and a sample dispensing mechanism 13. The sample introduction part 12 is used for carrying a sample. In some examples, the Sample inlet component 12 may include a Sample Delivery Module (SDM) and a front end rail; in other examples, the sample injection component 12 may also be a sample tray, the sample tray includes a plurality of sample sites for placing samples such as sample tubes, and the sample tray can dispatch the samples to corresponding positions by rotating the tray structure, for example, positions for the sample dispensing mechanism 13 to suck the samples. The sample dispensing mechanism 13 is used for sucking a sample and discharging the sample into a reaction cup to be loaded. For example, the sample dispensing mechanism 13 may include a sample needle that performs two-dimensional or three-dimensional movement in space by a two-dimensional or three-dimensional driving mechanism, so that the sample needle can be moved to aspirate a sample carried by the sample introduction part 12 and to a reaction cup to be subjected to sample introduction and discharge the sample to the reaction cup.

The reagent unit 14 is used for carrying a reagent, and supplies the reagent to the measurement unit 17 after the reagent is aspirated. In some embodiments, the reagent component 14 may include a reagent carrier component 15 and a reagent dispensing mechanism 16. The reagent carrying member 15 is for carrying a reagent. In one embodiment, the reagent carrier 15 may be a reagent disk, the reagent disk is configured in a disk-shaped structure and has a plurality of positions for carrying reagent containers, and the reagent carrier 15 can rotate and drive the reagent containers carried by the reagent carrier to rotate to a specific position, such as a position for sucking reagent by the reagent dispensing mechanism 16. The number of the reagent carrying member 15 may be one or more. The reagent dispensing mechanism 16 is used to aspirate and discharge a reagent into a reaction cup to which the reagent is to be added. In one embodiment, the reagent dispensing mechanism 16 may include a reagent needle that performs a two-dimensional or three-dimensional motion in space by a two-dimensional or three-dimensional driving mechanism, so that the reagent needle can move to aspirate a reagent carried by the reagent carrying member 15 and to a cuvette to which the reagent is to be added and discharge the reagent to the cuvette.

The assay part 17 is used to test the sample to obtain test data. In some embodiments, the measurement component 17 may include a reaction component 18 and a photometric component 19. The reaction unit 18 has at least one placement site for placing a reaction cuvette and incubating a reaction solution in the reaction cuvette. For example, the reaction component 18 may be a reaction tray, which is configured in a disc-shaped structure and has one or more placing positions for placing reaction cups, and the reaction tray can rotate and drive the reaction cups in the placing positions to rotate, so as to schedule the reaction cups in the reaction tray and incubate the reaction solution in the reaction cups. The photometric unit 19 is used to perform photometric measurement on the reaction solution after completion of incubation, and to obtain reaction data of the sample. For example, the photodetector 19 detects the light emission intensity of the reaction solution to be measured, and calculates the concentration of the component to be measured in the sample from the calibration curve. In one embodiment, the photometric component 19 is separately disposed outside the reaction component 18.

As described above, the sample analysis system in some embodiments includes a plurality of analysis modules 10 cascaded to form a pipelined test system. Referring to fig. 3 and 4, to better test samples in a streamlined format, in some embodiments of a sample analysis system including a plurality of cascaded analysis devices, it may further include one or more of an input module 20, a pre-processing module 30, a track 40, a scheduling device 50, and a post-processing module 60. It should be noted that three analyzing devices are shown in fig. 3, and two analyzing devices are shown in fig. 4, which are only for illustration and are not used to limit the number of analyzing devices of the sample analyzing system to two or three.

The analysis module 10 is used to perform a test on a sample. The analysis module 10 is an analysis device, and in some specific embodiments, the structure of the analysis module 10 can be as shown in fig. 1 and 2, and the analysis module 10 can include a sample part 11, a reagent part 14, an assay part 17, and the like. When the analysis module 10 is disconnected from the sample analysis system, i.e. is off-line, it becomes an individual analysis device. In order to improve efficiency and test throughput, generally, a sample analysis system has a plurality of analysis modules 10, such as a biochemical analysis device, an immunoassay device, a coagulation analysis device, and the like. These analysis modules 10 may be of the same type of analysis device or of different types of analysis devices, which may be configured according to the needs of the user and the department.

The input module 20 may be used to receive a sample to be tested placed by a user. In some embodiments, the input module 20 may also obtain identification information of the sample to be tested. A user may put a sample to be tested into the input module 20, and the input module 20 may scan a label, such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code, on the sample to be tested through a scanning device, for example, to obtain identification information of the sample to be tested. The identification information may include, for example, a sample number, a sample category, sample source information, and the like.

The preprocessing module 30 is configured to preprocess the to-be-detected sample received by the input module. Generally, after a user puts a sample into the input module 20, the input module 20 scans the sample, the scheduling device 50 then schedules the sample into the preprocessing module 30 for preprocessing, and the preprocessed sample is then scheduled from the preprocessing module 30 into the corresponding analysis module 10 for testing. In one embodiment, referring to fig. 5, the pre-treatment module 30 may include one or more of a centrifugation module 31, a serum detection module 32, a decapping module 33, and a dispensing module 34. The centrifugation module 31 is used for centrifuging a sample to be centrifuged, and the number of the centrifugation modules 31 may be one or more. The serum test module 32 is used to determine whether the serum content of the sample is sufficient and/or whether the serum quality of the sample is acceptable, so as to determine whether the centrifuged sample can be used for subsequent determination. The decapping module 33 is used for decapping the centrifuged sample-as will be understood, the capping, the decapping, and the decapping of the sample herein refer to the capping, the decapping, and the decapping of a sample tube containing the sample; typically the sample needs to be uncapped after centrifugation for subsequent dispensing or pipetting by the dispensing module 34 or analytical equipment. The dispensing module 34 is used to dispense a sample, for example, a sample is divided into a plurality of samples, which are sent to different analysis modules 10 for measurement. The preprocessing module 30 generally has a preprocessing flow: the centrifugation module 31 receives the sample scheduled by the input module 20 and centrifuges the sample; the serum detection module 32 detects serum of the centrifuged sample, and determines whether the serum can be used for subsequent measurement, and if the serum is insufficient or the quality is not qualified, the serum cannot be used for subsequent measurement; if the detection is passed, the sample is dispatched to the decapping module 33, the decapping module 33 removes the cap of the sample, if the dispensing module 34 exists, the dispensing module 34 sorts the sample with the cap removed, then the sorted sample is dispatched to the corresponding analysis module 10 for measurement, and if the dispensing module 34 does not exist, the sample is dispatched from the decapping module 33 to the corresponding analysis module 10 for measurement. It is noted that the preprocessing module 30 is not required, and the sample analysis system of some embodiments may not include the preprocessing module 30, for example, fig. 3 is an example, and the sample analysis system of some embodiments may also include the preprocessing module 30, for example, fig. 4 is an example.

The rails 40 are used to connect the devices together. For example, the track 40 connects the input module 20 with a plurality of analysis modules 10 such that samples can be dispatched from the input module 20 to each analysis module 10 for testing via the track 40. In some examples including the pre-processing module 30 and the post-processing module 60, the track 40 is connected to the input module 20, the pre-processing module 30, each of the analysis modules 10, and the post-processing module 60 in sequence.

The scheduling means 50 is used to schedule samples through the track 40, for example, to schedule samples from the input module 20 to the analysis module 10, and then from one analysis module 10 to another analysis module 10.

The post-processing module 60 is used to complete post-processing of the sample. In one embodiment, referring to fig. 6, the post-treatment module 60 includes one or more of a capping/filming module 61, a refrigerated storage module 62, and a decapping/decapping module 63. The membrane/capping module 61 is used for coating or capping the sample; the refrigerated storage module 62 is used to store samples; the stripping/decapping module 63 is used to strip or decap the sample. One typical post-processing flow for the post-processing module 60 is: after all items needing to be measured of the sample are sucked in the corresponding analysis module 10, the sample is dispatched to a film/cover adding module 61, the film/cover adding module 61 carries out film adding or cover adding on the measured sample, and then the sample is dispatched to a refrigeration storage module 62 for storage; if the sample requires retesting, the sample is dispatched from the refrigerated storage module 62, stripped or decapped in a stripping/decapping module 63, and then dispatched to the corresponding analysis module 10 for testing. It is noted that the post-processing module 60 is not required, and the sample analysis system of some embodiments may not include the post-processing module 60, such as fig. 3 is an example, and the sample analysis system of some embodiments may also include the post-processing module 60, such as fig. 4 is an example.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a sample analysis system including a pre-processing module 30 and a post-processing module 60 according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 7, each device or module may be further provided with a module buffer, the track 40 may also have a track buffer, and the whole track may be a circular track. It should be noted that there are only one module shown in the drawings, but those skilled in the art will understand that the number is not limited herein, for example, there may be more centrifugal modules 31, more decapping modules 33, and the like.

The above is a description of some of the structures of the sample analysis system of some embodiments of the present invention.

The sample analysis system, whether it be a stand-alone test or a cascade of multiple analysis devices, may also include a memory 70 and a processor 80, and in some embodiments, a display 90. The memory 70 may in some embodiments store data, for example test data during a test of a sample, for example a program; in some embodiments, the processor 80 may execute the program stored in the memory 70 to implement the method and steps set by the user, and in some embodiments, the processor 80 may call the stored test data, etc. The display 90 is used to display information, such as an associated user interface on which a user may view information and interact, etc. It should be noted that the display 90 is optional, i.e., the display 90 may be included in the sample analysis system of some embodiments, or the display 90 may not be included in the sample analysis system of some embodiments.

As described above, the present application introduces the concept of test item priority to testing samples. Therefore, in one embodiment, the processor 80 first determines the priority of the samples to be tested, and then controls each sample to be tested according to the priority of each sample.

The priority of a sample, which is a concept that will be understood by those skilled in the art, is also explained herein by the term of priority of a sample: when a system faces a plurality of samples and needs to be dispatched to corresponding positions in sequence, for example, a sample sucking position for sucking samples, a sequence exists, and the common criterion is that the samples which are firstly put into the system are dispatched to the sample sucking position for sucking samples according to the sequence time of putting the samples into the system, and then the samples which are put into the system are dispatched to the sample sucking position for sucking samples; the priority of the samples is a criterion for similar actions, that is, when there are a plurality of samples to be sampled and tested in the system, the system schedules them to the sampling bit for sampling according to the priority of the samples, samples with high priority are scheduled to be sampled and tested first, and further, samples with higher priority are scheduled to be sampled and tested first, for example, in a system scheduled by taking samples as a unit, there are three samples S1, S2 and S3 with high priority from low to high, then sample S1 is scheduled to be sampled and tested first, then sample S2 is scheduled to be sampled and tested, and then sample S3 is scheduled to be sampled and tested.

The priority of the sample in the present application is related to the priority of the sample, and the priority of the sample is determined by the priority of the highest priority test item in the test item set of the sample, for example, the priority of the highest priority test item in the test item set of the sample is taken as the priority of the sample. There are various priorities, such as the priority of the sample herein and the priority of the sample type mentioned above, and it will be understood from the description herein that the priority of the sample is determined by the priority of the highest priority test item in the test item set of the sample, and the priority of the sample type is determined by the type of the sample, and these two priorities are determined by different factors, respectively. Referring to fig. 8(a), the priorities of the respective categories of the samples collectively determine the priority levels of the samples — of course, this is the case when the priorities of a plurality of categories are considered; if only the priority of the sample determined by the priority of the sample test item is considered without considering other kinds of priorities, such as the above-mentioned sample type priorities, please refer to fig. 8(b), then the priority of the sample at this time may be equal to the priority of the sample because the priority of the sample at this time is completely determined by the priority of the sample, and the higher the priority of the sample is, and the priority of the sample at this time is the only factor for determining the priority of the sample. While the priority of the sample and the priority of the sample are not a concept in consideration of other kinds of priorities, the priority of the sample is only one of the factors determining the priority of the sample at this time, but it is understood that the higher the priority of the sample is, the higher the priority of the sample is in consideration of other kinds of priorities.

In some embodiments, processor 80 determines a priority of the samples based at least on their priorities; the priority of the sample is determined by the priority of the highest priority test item in the test item set of the sample, for example, the priority of the highest priority test item in the test item set of the sample is used as the priority of the sample. The priority of the test item may be set by the system when the system leaves the factory, or may be set by the user on a related interface or modified by a default value when the system leaves the factory. The following describes how a user can set the priority of a test item on a related interface.

In some embodiments, the processor 80 generates a prioritization interface that includes test item entries and their priority entries. The display 90 may be used to display a priority setting interface.

FIG. 9 is an example of a priority setting interface that includes test item entries and test item priority entries. Fig. 10 is another example of the priority level setting interface, and the priority level setting interface further includes a priority processing method entry corresponding to the test item entry. The user can operate the priority setting interface through a mouse or a keyboard to set the priority of the sample, such as setting the priority of the test item, setting the priority of the sample type, setting the priority processing mode, and the like, which will be described in detail below.

How to set the priority of the test items will be explained first.

In some embodiments, in response to user manipulation of the priority setting interface, processor 80 sets the test items to a corresponding priority. In some embodiments, the processor 80 adds, deletes, or modifies test items in the test item entries in response to user manipulation of the test item entries. In some practical examples, the user may input the test items directly into the corresponding test item entries via an input device such as a keyboard. In particular embodiments, processor 80 sets the content of the priority entry that indicates the priority in response to a user manipulation of the priority entry. The content of the priority in the priority entry of the test item can be a number, in some examples, the larger the number is, the higher the priority is, and the smaller the number is, the lower the priority is, in other examples, the larger the number is, the lower the priority is, and the smaller the number is, the higher the priority is; in either case, the same number indicates the same priority. In some practical examples, the user may directly input the number into the frame bar of the priority entry corresponding to the test item entry through an input device such as a keyboard, or the user may select the corresponding number for the priority entry of the priority corresponding to each test item entry by clicking a pull-down menu through an input device such as a mouse. The priority of the sample is determined by the priority of the test item by taking an example that a larger number indicates a lower priority and a smaller number indicates a higher priority. FIGS. 9 and 10 show that the test item Tn has the highest priority of 1; the priority rank of the test item Na, the test item K, the test item Cl and the test item Glu is 2; the priority of the test item ALT, the test item TP and the test item UREA is 3 again; of course, in some examples, the combination of the test items may also be defined as a priority, for example, two test items are combined to define their priorities together, such as combining test item Na and test item K to define a priority of 1, for example, the content "Na & K" filled in the test item entry in the figure, then for a sample S, if its test item set is { Na, ALT, TP }, since the priority of the test item with the highest priority in the test item set of the sample is taken as the priority of the sample, since the priority of the sample S is determined by test item Na and is 2; similarly, if the test item set of sample S is { K, ALT, TP }, then the priority of sample S is determined by test item K to be 2; if the test item set of the sample S is { Na, K, ALT, TP }, the priority of the sample S is 1, because the priority of the test item Na is 2, the priority of the test item K is 2, the priority of the test item ALT is 3, and the priority of the test item TP is 3, but the priority of the test item is 1 because the test items Na and K exist in the sample S, and the priority of the test item is defined as 1 when the two test items exist simultaneously. At the same time, the test items in all entries are allowed to appear once. It should be noted that the figures show a total of 1 to 3 numbers, i.e. 3 priorities, which is only for illustrative purposes and is not intended to limit the test items to 3 priorities.

How to set the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item entry will be described.

In some embodiments, in response to the user operating the priority handling manner entry, the processor 80 sets the content indicating the priority handling manner in the priority handling manner entry corresponding to the test item entry. In some embodiments, the content indicating the priority scheme in the priority scheme entry is one or more of a priority scheme based on a test item unit, a priority scheme based on a sample unit, a priority scheme based on a scheduling unit, and a priority scheme based on a sample inside the module.

The above is some description of the test items and their priority and priority handling settings. In some embodiments, the prioritization interface may further include an add button and/or a delete button; responding to the click of the user on the increase button, the processor 80 adds a test item and a priority item thereof on the priority setting interface, and if the priority setting interface also contains a priority processing mode item corresponding to the test item, responding to the click of the user on the increase button, the processor 80 adds a test item and a priority processing mode item thereof on the priority setting interface; similarly, in response to the user clicking the delete button, the processor 80 deletes the currently selected test item entry and its priority entry in the priority setting interface, and similarly, if the priority setting interface also includes the priority handling manner entry corresponding to the test item entry, in response to the user clicking the delete button, the processor 80 deletes the currently selected test item entry and its priority entry and priority handling manner entry in the priority setting interface.

As shown in fig. 8(a), in some cases, the sample priority may be considered by considering not only the sample priority determined by the priority of the test item, but also another priority, for example, the sample type priority, and for the case where the sample priority is considered by considering both the sample priority and the sample type priority, the sample priority may be set when the sample is shipped from the factory or may be set later by the user, and similarly, the sample type priority may be set when the sample is shipped from the factory or may be set later by the user, and the case where the sample type priority is set by the user will be described below.

How to set the priority of the sample type will be described first.

In some embodiments, the priority setting interface further includes a sample type and a sample type priority entry, and in some examples, the priority setting interface may further include a priority processing mode entry corresponding to the sample type. For example, fig. 11 is another example of the priority setting interface.

In some embodiments, the processor 80 edits the sample type in the sample type entry in response to a user manipulation of the sample type entry. In general, samples can be classified into different sample types according to different sources, such as emergency treatment from an emergency department, outpatient type from an outpatient department, hospitalization type from an inpatient department, and physical examination type from a physical examination department. In one embodiment, the type of the sample in the priority setting interface may be preset to commonly used types, such as one or more of an emergency type from an emergency department, an outpatient type from an outpatient department, an inpatient type from an inpatient department, and a physical examination type from a physical examination department; this facilitates the user to directly set the priorities of these commonly used sample types. Of course, although the sample sources are generally classified into emergency treatment, outpatient service, hospitalization and physical examination, the user may add, delete or modify the sample types, and the user may edit the sample types according to the actual situations, for example, add, delete or modify the sample types, taking the sample type as an example, please refer to fig. 12, and a sample type, called child sample, may be individually set for the sample from paediatrics to distinguish other sample types. In some practical examples, the user may directly input the sample type into the sample type entry through an input device such as a keyboard, or the user may select the corresponding sample type for each sample type entry by clicking a pull-down menu through an input device such as a mouse. After the content in the sample type entry is set, a sample type priority entry corresponding to the sample type entry also needs to be set. Thus, in some embodiments, in response to a user manipulation of the sample type priority entry, the processor 80 sets the content of the sample type priority entry that represents the sample type priority. The content of the sample type priority entry is similar to the content of the priority entry corresponding to the test item entry, and may be a number, for example, in some examples, the larger the number is, the higher the priority is, the smaller the number is, the lower the priority is, in other examples, the larger the number is, the lower the priority is, and the smaller the number is, the higher the priority is. In some practical examples, the user may directly input a number into each sample type priority entry through an input device such as a keyboard, or the user may select a corresponding number for each sample type priority entry by clicking a pull-down menu through an input device such as a mouse — for example, as shown in fig. 11, it should be noted that fig. 11 shows that the sample type has 1 to 5 numbers in total, that is, 5 priorities, but this is not used to limit the priority of the sample type to only 5 priorities.

How to set the priority processing mode corresponding to the sample type entry is described.

In some embodiments, in response to a user operation on the priority handling manner entry corresponding to the sample type entry, the processor 80 sets the content indicating the priority handling manner in the priority handling manner entry corresponding to the sample type entry; the content indicating the priority processing mode in the priority processing mode entry is one or more of a priority processing mode based on a test item unit, a priority processing mode based on a sample unit, a priority processing mode based on a scheduling unit and a priority processing mode based on a module internal sample.

When considering both the priority of the sample and the priority of the sample type, there are two ways to determine how to finally determine the priority of the sample, for example, the first way is mainly the priority of the sample, or the second way is mainly the priority of the sample type. In some specific embodiments, the manner is such that: the higher the priority of the sample, and when the priorities of the samples are the same, the higher the priority of the sample type, the higher the priority of the sample. In some specific embodiments, the second method is as follows: the higher the sample type priority, the higher the priority of the sample, and when the sample type priorities are the same, the higher the priority of the sample. Existing samples S1 and S2 are not exemplified by smaller numbers indicating higher priority; the priority of the highest priority test item in the test item set of the sample S1 is 2, that is, the priority of the sample S1 is 2, and the priority of the sample type of S1 is 2; the priority of the highest priority test item in the test item set of the sample S2 is 1, that is, the priority of the sample S2 is 1, and the priority of the sample type of S2 is 3; if the method one is adopted, since the priority of the sample of S1 is 2, which is less than the priority of 1 of the sample of S2, the priority of the sample of S1 is lower than that of the sample of S2; if the second mode is adopted, since the sample type priority of S1 is 2, which is smaller than the sample type priority 3 of S2, the priority of the sample S1 is higher than that of the sample S2. In some embodiments, the system defaults to adopt one of the first mode and the second mode, for example, the first mode is set when the system leaves a factory, or the second mode is set when the system leaves a factory; in other embodiments, the user may set the priority level, for example, in some embodiments, the priority level setting interface further includes options of test item weight priority and/or sample type weight priority — fig. 13 is an example of this; in response to the user selecting the test item weight first option, processor 80 enables mode one to determine the sample's degree of priority; in response to the user selecting the sample type weight first option, the processor 80 enables a second mode to determine the sample's degree of priority. Fig. 13 shows an example of the second mode of activation.

When two priorities, namely the priority of a sample and the priority of a sample type, are considered simultaneously, if the two priorities also have corresponding priority processing modes simultaneously, how to determine the final priority processing mode of the sample is a problem. In some embodiments, the processor 80 may determine the priority processing mode of the sample according to the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item entry and the priority processing mode corresponding to the sample type entry. For example, in some embodiments, the processor 80 may use, as the priority processing mode of the sample, a priority processing mode with a higher level from among the priority processing modes corresponding to the test item entries and the priority processing modes corresponding to the sample type entries; the priority processing mode is a priority processing mode based on a test item unit, a priority processing mode based on a sample unit, a priority processing mode based on a scheduling unit and a priority processing mode based on a module internal sample in sequence from high to low. Specifically, the processor 80 obtains a priority processing mode corresponding to the test item with the highest priority in the sample; obtaining a priority processing mode of a sample type; and determining the priority processing mode of the sample according to the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item with the highest priority in the sample and the priority processing mode of the sample type, for example, taking the priority processing mode with the highest level in the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item with the highest priority in the sample and the priority processing mode of the sample type as the priority processing mode of the sample. Taking fig. 13 as an example, for an outpatient sample containing the test item Tn, since the test item Tn is the test item with the highest priority in the sample, the corresponding priority processing mode is based on the test item unit, and the priority processing mode corresponding to the outpatient type is based on the sample unit, the priority processing mode of the outpatient sample containing the test item Tn is based on the test item unit. Of course, it can be understood that, in the case of only considering the priority of the sample as shown in fig. 8(b), the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item with the highest priority in the test item set of the sample is the priority processing mode of the sample.

The above is some description of the sample types and their priority and priority handling settings. In some embodiments, the prioritization interface may also include an add button and/or a delete button for a sample type; in response to the user clicking the add button for the sample type, the processor 80 adds a sample type entry and a priority entry thereof to the priority setting interface, and of course, if the priority setting interface also includes a priority handling manner entry corresponding to the sample type entry, the processor 80 adds a sample type entry and a priority handling manner entry thereof to the priority setting interface in response to the user clicking the add button for the sample type; similarly, in response to the user clicking the delete button for the sample type, the processor 80 deletes the sample type entry currently selected in the priority setting interface and the priority entry thereof, and similarly, if the priority setting interface also includes the priority handling manner entry corresponding to the sample type entry, in response to the user clicking the delete button for the sample type, the processor 80 deletes the sample type entry currently selected in the priority setting interface and the priority entry and the priority handling manner entry thereof.

The above describes how the user sets the priority level of the sample on the priority level setting interface and further sets the priority processing mode of the sample, and as described herein, the priority level of the sample and the priority processing mode thereof may also be preset by the manufacturer or the like.

Whether the sample priority is set by the user or preset by the manufacturer, in the actual testing process, the processor 80 determines the sample priority first, and then controls each sample to be tested according to the sample priority. The implementation workflow of the sample analysis system is illustrated.

In some embodiments, the processor 80 may determine the sample priority in this manner. The processor 80 acquires a test item set of a sample to be tested, and then acquires the priority of the test item with the highest priority in the test item set of the sample as the priority of the sample; the processor 80 then determines the priority of the samples based at least on their priorities. If only the priority of the samples is considered, the processor 80 takes the priority of the samples as the priority level of the samples. If other types of priorities of the samples are also considered, for example, the sample type priority, the processor 80 further obtains the sample type priority of the samples, and determines the priority degree of the samples according to the sample priority and the sample type priority, and the specific determination manner may be the first manner or the second manner, which may be set according to the requirement.

After determining the priority of the samples, the processor 80 controls each sample to perform the test according to the priority of the samples. For example, according to the priority of the samples from high to low, the samples are dispatched to the sample sucking position to suck and test the samples, the samples with high priority are dispatched to the sample sucking position to suck and test the samples, and the samples with low priority are dispatched to the sample sucking position to suck and test the samples.

In some embodiments with a priority processing mode, the processor 80 may schedule and test according to the priority processing mode of the samples when controlling each sample to test according to the priority level of the samples, especially when the samples need to be queued. For example, in some embodiments, the processor 80 controls the samples to be tested according to their priorities, including: the priority processing mode of the processor 80 for obtaining the samples includes one or more of the priority processing mode based on the test item unit, the priority processing mode based on the sample unit, the priority processing mode based on the scheduling unit, and the priority processing mode based on the module interior, as described above; when the sample S has higher priority than the sample S arranged before the sample S and is not lower than the sample S arranged after the sample S, the sample S is tested according to the priority processing mode of the sample S; specifically, taking the sample S as an example, when the priority processing mode of the sample S is a priority processing mode based on the test item as a unit, the test items of the sample S that are being tested and are not pre-arranged any more, and the pre-arrangement of the test items of the sample S is started; when the priority processing mode of the sample S is a priority processing mode based on the sample as a unit, the test items of the sample S are pre-arranged after all the test items of the sample being tested are pre-arranged; when the priority processing mode of the sample S is a scheduling unit-based priority processing mode, performing pre-arrangement on the test items of the sample S after all the test items of all the samples on the same scheduling unit as the sample currently being tested are pre-arranged; when the priority processing mode of the sample S is the priority processing mode based on the interior of the module, the test items of the sample S are pre-arranged after all the test items of all the samples arranged before the sample S are pre-arranged.

In the case where the sample analysis system is scheduled by the sample, the priority processing method based on the sample and the priority processing method based on the scheduling unit are substantially the same as each other. The priority processing method based on the scheduling unit is more meaningful for a sample analysis system that is not a sample-scheduled unit, but a sample rack-scheduled unit, for example. The significance of the module-based internal priority processing mode is that all samples before the sample S are subjected to sample sucking and testing, and then the sample S and the samples after the sample S are subjected to scheduling, sample sucking and testing according to the priority degree of the samples. In addition, it is understood that, in the above, the processor 80 finishes pre-arranging all the test items of the part or all of the test items of the test sample being tested, or all the test items of all the samples of the sample rack in which the test item is located, and then starts pre-arranging the test items of the sample S, which means that no other test items are inserted between the two test items, they are not necessarily consecutive in time sequence, because the scheduling of the sample S to the suction sample may require a certain time, so the system may wait for the sample S to be scheduled, and in order that the scheduling is logical, some empty tests may be inserted in the middle, so that the system waits for the predetermined time, and waits for the sample S to be scheduled to the suction position for suction.

When a sample is scheduled and tested, the sample tube carrying the sample can be generally divided into two modes, namely a barcode mode and a sequential mode according to whether the sample tube carries an identification code or a barcode. The sample analysis system can only adopt a barcode mode scene, can also only adopt a sequence mode scene, and can also comprise the two scenes, which scene is selected by a user. When the sample analysis system adopts the bar code mode, generally, a sample is firstly put into the sample analysis system by a user, and when the sample is put into the sample analysis system, the sample analysis system does not know the item test and the sample type of each sample at this time, and cannot determine the information such as the priority degree of the sample, so that each sample is firstly dispatched to the position where the scanner can scan the bar code according to the front and back of the putting position or the sequence of the putting time, so as to obtain the information such as the item test and the sample type of the sample, determine the information of the priority degree of the sample, and also determine the information such as the priority processing mode of the sample, so as to control each sample to test according to the priority degree of the sample. When the sample analysis system adopts the sequential mode, a user needs to input information of the number of the test tube or the sample, the type of the sample, a test item to be tested of the sample and the like on a software interface for applying for the test of the item before the test, and after the test is started, the sample analysis system associates the sample number with the physical position to which the sample is allocated (namely the actual position where the sample is put in the sample analysis system). This manner of association is also commonly referred to as sequential mode. For example, a batch of samples are numbered from 1# to 30#, after the batch of samples are continuously put into a sample analyzer, the 1 st to 10 th sample positions (assuming that there are 10 sample positions on the sample rack) on the sample rack of the first sample are sequentially associated with the sample numbers from 1# to 100#, the 1 st to 10 th sample positions on the sample rack of the second sample are sequentially associated with the sample numbers from 11# to 20#, and the 1 st to 10 th sample positions on the sample rack of the third sample are sequentially associated with the sample numbers from 21# to 30 #; therefore, the sample analysis system can obtain information such as the number, the type and the test item set of the sample by identifying the physical position of the sample, so as to determine the priority degree of the sample, and can also determine the priority processing mode and the like of the sample.

The above is a description of a sample analysis system according to some embodiments of the present application, and a sample testing method is also disclosed in some embodiments of the present application, which is described in detail below.

Referring to fig. 14, the testing method of some embodiments includes steps 100 to 200, which are described in detail below.

Step 100: the priority of the sample to be tested is determined. The priority of the sample may be set at the time of factory shipment, or may be set by the user on a related interface or modified from a default value at the time of factory shipment.

Referring to FIG. 15, in some embodiments, the step 100 of determining the priority of the sample to be tested includes steps 110 through 130, which are described in detail below.

Step 110: and acquiring a test item set of a sample to be tested.

Step 120: and acquiring the priority of the test item with the highest priority in the test item set of the sample, and taking the priority as the priority of the sample. The priority of each test item may be set when the test item leaves the factory, or may be set on a related interface by a user or modified from a default value when the test item leaves the factory.

Step 130: the priority of the samples is determined at least according to the priority of the samples. In some embodiments, step 130 may prioritize the samples based only on their priorities. In some embodiments, step 130 may also obtain a sample type priority of the sample, and then determine the priority of the sample according to the sample priority and the sample type priority. Step 130, when determining the priority of the sample according to the priority of the sample and the priority of the sample type, may be that the higher the priority of the sample is, and when the priorities of the samples are the same, the higher the priority of the sample type is, the higher the priority of the sample is; or when the priority of the sample type is higher, the priority of the sample is higher, and when the priority of the sample type is the same, the priority of the sample is higher, and the priority of the sample is higher; this can be set according to the needs of the user.

Step 200: and controlling each sample to carry out testing according to the priority of the sample. For example, in step 200, according to the priority of the samples from high to low, the samples are dispatched to the sample sucking position to perform sample sucking and testing, the samples with high priority are dispatched to the sample sucking position to perform sample sucking and testing, and the samples with low priority are dispatched to the sample sucking position to perform sample sucking and testing. In some embodiments with a priority processing mode, when the step 200 controls each sample to be tested according to the priority degree of the sample, the scheduling and testing can be performed according to the priority processing mode of the sample, especially when the sample needs to be queued.

Therefore, referring to fig. 16, in some embodiments, the step 200 controls each sample to perform the test according to the priority of the sample, and may include steps 210 to 220, which are described in detail below.

Step 210: obtaining a priority processing mode of a sample; the priority processing mode comprises one or more of a priority processing mode based on a test item unit, a priority processing mode based on a sample unit, a priority processing mode based on a scheduling unit and a priority processing mode based on the interior of the module. In some embodiments, the preferential treatment of the sample obtained in step 210 includes: acquiring a priority processing mode corresponding to a test item with the highest priority in a sample; obtaining a priority processing mode of a sample type; determining a priority processing mode of the sample according to a priority processing mode corresponding to the test item with the highest priority in the sample and a priority processing mode of the sample type, for example, taking the priority processing mode with the highest level in the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item with the highest priority in the sample and the priority processing mode of the sample type as the priority processing mode of the sample; the priority processing mode is a priority processing mode based on a test item unit, a priority processing mode based on a sample unit, a priority processing mode based on a scheduling unit and a priority processing mode based on a module internal sample in sequence from high to low.

When the sample has a higher priority than the sample arranged before the sample and is not lower than the sample arranged after the sample, step 220 is performed to test the sample according to the priority processing mode of the sample. In some embodiments, the step 220 of testing the sample according to the priority processing manner of the sample may include: when the priority processing mode of the sample is a priority processing mode based on the test item as a unit, not pre-arranging the test items which are not pre-arranged of the sample under test, and starting to pre-arrange the test items of the sample; when the priority processing mode of the sample is a priority processing mode based on the sample as a unit, the test items of the sample are pre-arranged after all the test items of the sample being tested are pre-arranged; when the priority processing mode of the sample is a scheduling unit-based priority processing mode, performing pre-arrangement on the test items of the sample after all the test items of all the samples on the same scheduling unit as the sample currently being tested are pre-arranged; and when the priority processing mode of the sample is a module-based priority processing mode, after all the test items of all the samples arranged before the sample are arranged, starting to arrange the test items of the sample.

The above are some descriptions of the testing method of the sample, and in the steps of the testing method of the sample, concepts such as the priority of the testing item are involved, and these concepts may be set at the time of factory shipment, or may be set on a relevant interface by a user or modified from default values at the time of factory shipment. Therefore, some embodiments of the present application also disclose a method for setting the sample priority.

Referring to fig. 17, the setting method of some embodiments includes steps 300 to 320, which are described in detail below.

Step 300: and generating a priority setting interface. In some embodiments, the priority setting interface includes test item entries and their priority entries, such as FIG. 9 for example; in some embodiments, the priority level setting interface further includes a priority processing mode entry corresponding to the test item entry, for example, fig. 10 is an example; in some embodiments, the priority setting interface further includes a sample type entry and a sample type priority entry, and in some embodiments, the priority setting interface may further include a priority processing mode entry corresponding to the sample type entry, for example, fig. 11 is an example. The prioritization interface in some embodiments may also include an add button and/or a delete button, such as an add button and/or a delete button located below the test item entry, which is an add button and/or a delete button for the test item entry; and an add button and/or a delete button located below the sample type entry, which is the add button and/or the delete button for the sample type entry, for example.

Step 310: responding to the operation of the user on the priority setting interface, and setting the test items to be corresponding priorities; wherein the priority of the highest priority test item in the test item set of the sample is used as the priority of the sample.

In some embodiments, step 310 comprises: and responding to the operation of the user on the priority setting interface, and setting the test items to be in corresponding priority. In some embodiments, step 310 adds, deletes, or modifies test items in the test item entry in response to user manipulation of the test item entry. In some practical examples, the user may input the test items directly into the corresponding test item entries via an input device such as a keyboard. In some embodiments, step 310 comprises: and setting the content representing the priority in the priority entry in response to the operation of the user on the priority entry. The content of the priority in the priority entry of the test item can be a number, in some examples, the larger the number is, the higher the priority is, and the smaller the number is, the lower the priority is, in other examples, the larger the number is, the lower the priority is, and the smaller the number is, the higher the priority is; in either case, the same number indicates the same priority. In some practical examples, the user may directly input the number into the frame bar of the priority entry corresponding to the test item entry through an input device such as a keyboard, or the user may select the corresponding number for the priority entry of the priority corresponding to each test item entry by clicking a pull-down menu through an input device such as a mouse. In some embodiments, step 310 comprises: and responding to the operation of the user on the priority processing mode entry, and setting the content which represents the priority processing mode in the priority processing mode entry corresponding to the test item entry. In some embodiments, the content indicating the priority scheme in the priority scheme entry is one or more of a priority scheme based on a test item unit, a priority scheme based on a sample unit, a priority scheme based on a scheduling unit, and a priority scheme based on a sample inside the module. In some embodiments, step 310 comprises: responding to the click of a user to an increase button, namely an increase button of a pointer to a test item, adding a test item and a priority item thereof on the priority setting interface, and if the priority setting interface also comprises a priority processing mode item corresponding to the test item, responding to the click of the user to the increase button, adding a test item and a priority item thereof and a priority processing mode item thereof on the priority setting interface; similarly, in response to the user clicking the delete key, i.e., the delete key of the pointer to the test item, the currently selected test item and its priority entry in the priority level setting interface are deleted, and similarly, if the priority level setting interface also includes the priority handling manner entry corresponding to the test item, the currently selected test item and its priority entry and priority handling manner entry in the priority level setting interface are deleted in response to the user clicking the delete button.

Step 320: and setting the sample type as the corresponding priority in response to the operation of the user on the priority setting interface. Step 320 is not necessary and step 320 is optional. For example, in some embodiments the sample type priorities are factory set, or in some embodiments only the sample priorities are considered, regardless of the sample type priorities, in which case step 320 need not be present.

In some embodiments, step 320 comprises: in response to a user manipulation of the sample type entry, the processor 80 edits the sample type in the sample type entry. In one embodiment, the type of the sample in the priority setting interface may be preset to commonly used types, such as one or more of an emergency type from an emergency department, an outpatient type from an outpatient department, an inpatient type from an inpatient department, and a physical examination type from a physical examination department; this facilitates the user to directly set the priorities of these commonly used sample types. Of course, although the sample sources are generally classified into emergency treatment, outpatient service, hospitalization and physical examination, the user may add, delete or modify the sample types, and the user may edit the sample types according to the actual situations, for example, add, delete or modify the sample types. In some practical examples, the user may directly input the sample type into the sample type entry through an input device such as a keyboard, or the user may select the corresponding sample type for each sample type entry by clicking a pull-down menu through an input device such as a mouse. After the content in the sample type entry is set, a sample type priority entry corresponding to the sample type entry also needs to be set. In some embodiments, step 320 comprises: and setting the content representing the sample type priority in the sample type priority entry in response to the operation of the sample type priority entry by the user. The content of the sample type priority entry is similar to the content of the priority entry corresponding to the test item entry, and may be a number, for example, in some examples, the larger the number is, the higher the priority is, the smaller the number is, the lower the priority is, in other examples, the larger the number is, the lower the priority is, and the smaller the number is, the higher the priority is. In some practical examples, the user may directly input a number into each sample type priority entry through an input device such as a keyboard, or the user may select a corresponding number for each sample type priority entry by clicking a pull-down menu through an input device such as a mouse. In some embodiments, step 320 comprises: setting the content representing the priority processing mode in the priority processing mode entry corresponding to the sample type entry in response to the operation of the user on the priority processing mode entry corresponding to the sample type entry; the content indicating the priority processing mode in the priority processing mode entry is one or more of a priority processing mode based on a test item unit, a priority processing mode based on a sample unit, a priority processing mode based on a scheduling unit and a priority processing mode based on a module internal sample.

When considering both the priority of the sample and the priority of the sample type, there are two ways to determine how to finally determine the priority of the sample, for example, the first way is mainly the priority of the sample, or the second way is mainly the priority of the sample type. In some specific embodiments, the manner is such that: the higher the priority of the sample, and when the priorities of the samples are the same, the higher the priority of the sample type, the higher the priority of the sample. In some specific embodiments, the second method is as follows: the higher the sample type priority, the higher the priority of the sample, and when the sample type priorities are the same, the higher the priority of the sample. In some embodiments, the system defaults to adopt one of the first mode and the second mode, for example, the first mode is set when the system leaves a factory, or the second mode is set when the system leaves a factory; in other embodiments, the user may set the priority level, for example, in some embodiments, the priority level setting interface further includes options of test item weight priority and/or sample type weight priority — fig. 13 is an example of this; enabling a first mode to determine the priority degree of the sample in response to the user selecting the option of the test item weight priority; and enabling a second mode to determine the priority degree of the sample in response to the user selecting the option of the sample type weight priority. Fig. 13 shows an example of the second mode of activation.

When two priorities, namely the priority of a sample and the priority of a sample type, are considered simultaneously, if the two priorities also have corresponding priority processing modes simultaneously, how to determine the final priority processing mode of the sample is a problem. In some embodiments, the setting method determines the priority processing mode of the sample according to the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item entry and the priority processing mode corresponding to the sample type entry. For example, the priority processing mode with a high level in the priority processing modes corresponding to the test item entries and the sample type entries is used as the priority processing mode of the sample; the priority processing mode is a priority processing mode based on a test item unit, a priority processing mode based on a sample unit, a priority processing mode based on a scheduling unit and a priority processing mode based on a module internal sample in sequence from high to low.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. Additionally, as will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, the principles herein may be reflected in a computer program product on a computer readable storage medium, which is pre-loaded with computer readable program code. Any tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be used, including magnetic storage devices (hard disks, floppy disks, etc.), optical storage devices (CD-to-ROM, DVD, Blu-Ray discs, etc.), flash memory, and/or the like. These computer program instructions may be loaded onto a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus create means for implementing the functions specified. These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including means for implementing the function specified. The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified.

While the principles herein have been illustrated in various embodiments, many modifications of structure, arrangement, proportions, elements, materials, and components particularly adapted to specific environments and operative requirements may be employed without departing from the principles and scope of the present disclosure. The above modifications and other changes or modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this document.

The foregoing detailed description has been described with reference to various embodiments. However, one skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the disclosure is to be considered in an illustrative and not a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope thereof. Also, advantages, other advantages, and solutions to problems have been described above with regard to various embodiments. However, the benefits, advantages, solutions to problems, and any element(s) that may cause any element(s) to occur or become more pronounced are not to be construed as a critical, required, or essential feature or element of any or all the claims. As used herein, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, system, article, or apparatus. Furthermore, the term "coupled," and any other variation thereof, as used herein, refers to a physical connection, an electrical connection, a magnetic connection, an optical connection, a communicative connection, a functional connection, and/or any other connection.

Those skilled in the art will recognize that many changes may be made to the details of the above-described embodiments without departing from the underlying principles of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined only by the claims.

Claims

1. A method for setting a sample priority level, comprising:

2. The setting method of claim 1, wherein the setting the test items to the corresponding priorities in response to the user's manipulation of the priority setting interface comprises:

3. The setting method of claim 2, wherein the setting the test items to the corresponding priorities in response to the user's manipulation of the priority setting interface comprises:

4. The setting method of claim 1, wherein the setting the test items to the corresponding priorities in response to the user's manipulation of the priority setting interface comprises:

5. The setting method according to claim 4, wherein the content indicating the priority in the priority entry is a number, a larger number indicates a higher priority or a smaller number indicates a higher priority, and the same number indicates the same priority.

6. The setting method of claim 1, wherein the setting the test items to the corresponding priorities in response to the user's manipulation of the priority setting interface comprises:

7. The setting method of claim 6, wherein the setting of the test items to the corresponding priorities in response to the user's manipulation of the priority setting interface further comprises:

8. The setting method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the priority setting interface further includes a sample type entry and a sample type priority entry;

9. The setting method according to claim 9, wherein the priority of the samples is determined by one or two of:

10. The setting method according to claim 9, wherein the priority level setting interface further comprises options of test item weight priority and/or sample type weight priority;

11. The setting method according to claim 8, wherein the priority setting interface further includes a priority processing mode entry corresponding to the sample type entry;

12. The setting method of claim 11, wherein the determining the priority processing mode of the sample according to the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item entry and the priority processing mode corresponding to the sample type entry comprises:

13. A method of testing a sample, comprising:

determining the priority of a sample to be tested; wherein the priority of the sample is set by the method of any one of claims 1 to 11;

14. A method of testing a sample, comprising:

acquiring a test item set of a sample to be tested;

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining the priority of the samples based at least on the priority of the samples comprises:

also obtaining a sample type priority of the sample;

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the determining the priority of the samples according to the priority of the samples and the sample type priority comprises:

17. The test method of any one of claims 14 to 16, wherein controlling each sample to perform the test according to its priority comprises:

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the testing the sample according to the priority treatment of the sample comprises:

19. The test method of claim 18, wherein the preferentially processing the acquired samples comprises:

obtaining a priority processing mode of a sample type;

20. The method of claim 19, wherein determining the sample priority processing mode according to the priority processing mode corresponding to the test item with the highest priority in the sample and the sample type priority processing mode comprises:

21. A sample analysis system, comprising:

a memory for storing a program;

a processor for implementing the method of any one of claims 1 to 20 by executing a program stored by the memory.

22. A sample analysis system, comprising:

a plurality of cascaded analysis modules for testing a sample;

a memory for storing a program;

23. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized by comprising a program executable by a processor to implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 20.