JP2536467B2 - Clinical laboratory information system - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clinical test information system, and more particularly to a sample matching method for matching test data of a sample with request data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of a general clinical test. In FIG. 2, the patient 21 who first visited the hospital
A diagnosis is made by the doctor 22. The doctor 22 collects a sample 24 such as blood or urine from the patient 21 based on the diagnosis result, and sends a request form 25 instructing the sample 24 and the items to be inspected to the examination room 26.
In the examination room 26, an examination technician performs an analysis using various clinical examination automatic analyzers based on the request form 25. Then, the report 27 is created by subjecting the obtained inspection data to a standard process by a predetermined method in a processing device,
Reported to doctor 22.

Here, there are more than 5000 inspection items of the specimen 24, and in many places, 50 in the inspection room 26 per day.
00 or more samples may be sent. Therefore, conventionally, in order to test such a large number of samples for a large number of test items, a plurality of laboratory technicians use one or a plurality of clinical laboratory automatic analyzers of a plurality of types, and a plurality of one sample is analyzed. Dispensed to a laboratory technician and analyzed in parallel. However, in such a method, it is necessary to perform a large amount of work in a short time, so there is a risk that the sample may be mixed up. Also, in order to avoid such a mixup and further improve the efficiency of the test, clinical laboratory information is stored in the laboratory. The system is installed to improve the efficiency of inspection.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the conventional clinical examination information system. Reference numerals 32 to 34 in the figure are automatic clinical test analyzers for analyzing the attached specimens 24 in accordance with the contents of the request form 25 inputted. The test data analyzed by each clinical test automatic analyzer is sent to the processing device 38 via the interface devices 35 to 37, the processing device 38 confirms each test data, and the format of the report 27 for each request 25 Is output to the outside.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the processing device 38. Reference numeral 41 in the drawing is a data input module for inputting request form data based on the request form 25. The request form data input by the data input module 41 is stored in the data file 43. In the worksheet output module 46, necessary information for the worksheet 45 is extracted and created from the data file 43, and based on the result, the worksheet 45 is created in which the order in which the sample 24 is attached to the automatic clinical test analyzer 33 is described. It Further, the worksheet output module 46 extracts the test items corresponding to each clinical test automatic analyzer from the data file 43 to determine the output order of the test data, and the contents thereof are stored in the output order designation file 44.

As described above, the samples 24 are attached to the automatic clinical test analyzer 33 in the order described on the worksheet 45, and the analysis is performed based on the contents of the request form. The inspection data obtained as a result of the analysis is sent to the processing device 38 via the interface device 36, and is taken into the device by the interface module 42. In the interface module 42, the inspection data and the request data are matched in accordance with the contents of the output order specification file 44, and the inspection data of the sample 24 is created as a report 27 for each request 25, and the requesting doctor To be reported to.

[0007]

In the above-mentioned conventional clinical examination information system, the request data and the examination are made based on the contents of the output order designation file created by extracting the examination items corresponding to each clinical examination automatic analyzer. Since the data was matched and the order of the samples to be attached to the automatic clinical laboratory analyzer was determined according to the contents of the worksheet created at the same time as the output order specification file, the output order specification file and worksheet The sample could not be attached to the automatic clinical laboratory analyzer unless the preparation of the above was completed. Therefore, when a situation arises in which a large number of samples must be analyzed immediately, there is a problem that the samples cannot be rearranged and analysis of the samples is delayed. In addition, even if the processing time of the automatic clinical laboratory analyzer is extremely short, analysis cannot be performed unless a worksheet is created, and the work efficiency of the laboratory technician will deteriorate if the number of samples is not sufficient. There was a problem.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention enables the analysis order of samples to be urgently prioritized by freely changing the mounting order of the samples to the clinical laboratory automatic analyzer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a clinical test information system capable of reducing the work load of and improving operability.

[0009]

A clinical test information system of the present invention is a clinical test automatic analyzer that analyzes a sample based on request data and outputs the result as test data, and this clinical test automatic analyzer. in clinical test information system has a processing unit and for creating a test data output in a report for each request form from the request form data
And data files for storing an input means for inputting the storage location information of request form data on the mounting order and the data file to the analyzer analyte corresponding to the request form data, attachment of the specimen Order and a processing order designation table for storing the storage position information of the request data, and the specimens are arranged in the mounting order by the clinical laboratory automatic analyzer.
It was analyzed and the test data of the sample was output in the mounting order.
In this case, each time the inspection data is output, the processing order specification table
Table to obtain the storage location information of the request data in the data file corresponding to the inspection data, and the inspection data and the request data are matched based on the obtained storage location information of the request data. It is characterized by that .

[0010]

According to the present invention, first, the input order is used to store the mounting order of the sample corresponding to the request data in the clinical laboratory automatic analyzer and the storage position of the request data in the data file in the processing order designation table. Then, when the test data is output by the automatic clinical test analyzer, the storage location information of the request data corresponding to it is obtained by searching the processing order specification table, and based on that information, the test data and the request data are acquired. Try to be consistent with. Therefore, when it becomes necessary to analyze the sample urgently, the mounting order of the sample can be freely changed by changing the mounting order of the processing order designation table.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a clinical examination information system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a sample 2 based on the contents input in the request form 25.
A processing device that creates the analysis result of 4 as the report 27,
Is an automatic analyzer for clinical test that analyzes the sample 24 and outputs the analysis result as test data. Reference numeral 3 is an interface device for connecting the processing device 1 and the automatic analyzer for clinical test 2. A clinical examination information system is constituted by the processing device 1, the automatic clinical examination analyzer 2, and the interface device 3 described above. Although only one automatic clinical test analyzer 2 is shown in FIG. 1 for the sake of simplicity, a plurality of automatic clinical test analyzers 2 are respectively processed through the interface device 3 as shown in FIG. It is also possible to connect to.

The interface module in the processing device 1
Le 11, <br/> module for receiving test data from the clinical test autoanalyzer 2 sent via the interferon over scan unit 3, the data input module 12 is written request request form 25 that is input This is a module for fetching data into the processing device 1. Interface module 11
Inspection data and data input module 12 received in
The request form data taken in is stored in the data file 13. Reference numeral 14 denotes a processing order designation table for holding the order in which the inspection data is processed, and storing the order and the storage position information of the request form data in the data file 13, and 15 indicates the registration status of the processing order designation table 14. The management unit 16 for managing the data registers the mounting order of the sample 24 and the storage position information of the request form data on the data file 13 in the processing order designation table 14 with reference to the contents of the data file 13. It is a control panel for.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be specifically described. First, request form data is input based on the content of the request form 25. This request form data is taken in by the data input module 12 and saved in the data file 13.
In this way, the request form data of the request form 25 is sequentially input to the processing device 1 and stored in the data file 13. On the other hand, referring to the request form data registered in the data file 13 using the operation panel 16, the processing order designation table 1
The mounting order (analysis order) of the samples 24 corresponding to the request form data and the storage position information of the request form data on the data file 13 are registered in 4. At this time, in the controller (not shown), the data of the mounting order in the processing order designation table 14 and the processing order designation table 14 held in the management unit 15 are stored.
The registration status is checked, and the registration contents of the mounting order on the processing order designation table 14 are controlled so as not to overlap. At the same time, the controller controls the mounting order registration contents of the processing order designation table 14 so that the order is not missed.

In this way, the mounting order of the specimens 24 is determined, and the specimens 24 are mounted on the clinical test automatic analyzer 2 according to the order, and the specimens 24 are analyzed. In the clinical test automatic analyzer 2, the samples 24 are analyzed in the order in which they are mounted, and test data are sequentially output. This inspection data is sequentially transmitted to the processing device 1 via the interface device 3 and taken into the interface module 11. At this time, the test data is transmitted to the interface module 11 in the order of the samples 24 attached to the automatic clinical test analyzer 2 as described above. Interface module 11
In so mounting order of the specimen 24 is registered in the processing order designation table 14, are input test data punished Rugoto
The physical order designation table 14 is searched, and the storage position information of the request form data corresponding to the inspection data is acquired. Immediately
The sample 24 stored in the processing order designation table 14
Based on the mounting order of the
Data) which request data corresponds to
The processing order designation table 14 contains the request data for the sample 24.
Since the storage location information of the data is stored,
Information of the request form data corresponding to the inspection data
To be acquired.

The interface module 11
Then, the inspection data is stored in the data file 13 in association with the request data based on the obtained storage position information.
In this way, the interface module 11 searches the processing order designation table 14 every time the inspection data is received, and obtains the storage position information of the request data corresponding to the inspection data. Based on this, the inspection data and the request data are matched. It is registered in the data file 13. When the registration of the above series of inspection data in the data file 13 is completed, the inspection data is read out from the data file 13 by a controller (not shown), and the inspection data is processed by a predetermined method for each request form 25 and is reported. A calligraphy 27 is created.

As described above, in this embodiment, the mounting order of the samples and the storage position information of the request form data are registered in the processing order designation table, and the storage position of the request form data corresponding to the inspection data of the clinical laboratory automatic analyzer is registered. By obtaining the information by searching the processing order specification table and matching the inspection data and the request data based on the information, if the worksheet creation is not completed as in the conventional method, the sample analysis will be performed. If there is no problem that you can not start, and if there is a situation where you need to perform analysis with an automatic clinical laboratory analyzer urgently, change the mounting order of samples and prioritize analysis of urgent samples It can be carried out. That is, when such an urgent analysis is required, by changing the mounting order of the samples on the operation panel and rewriting the contents of the processing order designation table,
Since the mounting order of samples can be easily changed, there is no delay in analysis due to the inability to change the mounting order of specimens, which was previously determined by the conventional method. Analysis can be given priority. Moreover, even if the processing time is extremely short, or even if the number of samples is small, it is not necessary to create a worksheet, so the work of the technician can be reduced and the analysis of samples can be performed efficiently. It can be carried out.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to freely change the mounting order of the specimens to the automatic clinical laboratory analyzer, and in the case where an urgent analysis occurs, the specimen can be analyzed. By rearranging, the analysis of the urgent sample can be preferentially performed. In addition, since it is not necessary to create a worksheet as in the past, it is possible to reduce the work of the laboratory technician and efficiently analyze the sample,
The operability of the system can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a clinical examination information system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of a general clinical test.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a conventional clinical examination information system.

4 is a block diagram showing in detail a processing device of the clinical laboratory information system of FIG. 3. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Processing device 2 Automatic clinical laboratory analyzer 3 Interface device 11 Interface module 12 Data input module 13 Data file 14 Processing order designation table 15 Management part 16 Operation panel

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sample is analyzed based on request data,
Clinical test information having a clinical test automatic analyzer that outputs the result as test data and a processing device that creates the test data output from the clinical test automatic analyzer as a report for each request form in the system, a data file for storing the request form data,
Input means for inputting the storage location information of request form data on the mounting order and the data file to the analyzer analyte corresponding to the request form data, mounting order 及 of the specimen
And a processing order designation table for storing the storage position information of the request form data ,
Specimens are analyzed in the order of attachment and inspection of specimens in the order of attachment
When data is output, every time inspection data is output
Search the processing order specification table in
Laboratory Information System, characterized in that acquires the storage location information request form data on the data file to respond, matching the test data and the request form data based on the storage location information of the obtained request form data . 2. The clinical examination information system according to claim 1, wherein the examination data is stored in the data file in association with request data.