JPH0432967A - Clitical examination total information system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent an examination from being delayed by checking a flow of information on bodies to be examined successively with time and warning an operator of a body to be examined which possibly exceeds a prescribed Turn Around Time (time from the acceptance of the body to be examined in an examination room to the reporting of the examination result) and an examined body which exceeds the time. CONSTITUTION:The time begins to be measured after a body to be examined arrives and its acceptance processing is completed and the time measurement is carried on until respective analyzer 1 - 3 and control terminals 6 - 8 inquires about examined body measurement request information within the prescribed time; when the constant time is exceeded, an examination report is possibly delayed, so a 1st-level alarm is generated. Then it is checked continuously that the examination result arrives within the constant time after the inquiry amount the examined body measurement request information and when the constant time is exceeded, it is considered analyzing operation is possibly delayed and a 2nd-level alarm is generated. Consequently, the delay of the examination is prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a test process management system and method for a test information system in a clinical laboratory such as a hospital.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional systems, test results are collected in an information processing system, but these results are only transferred to the hospital host, and there is no way to check the progress of the testing process for each specimen. There wasn't.

As a result, tests for specimens for which test results are urgently requested may be delayed, and laboratory technicians may have to rush to test the specimens after receiving a reminder call from the doctor requesting the test. Such exception handling has become a contributing factor to the occurrence of test errors, which are most important for laboratories.

In addition, in order to prevent these exceptions, in general laboratories, many technicians are assigned to the specimen reception area, and a large amount of labor is spent on tasks that are not part of the original testing work, such as having to urgently sort the specimens at the time of reception. was.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The present invention uses a laboratory information system to perform process control of tests, which was lacking in conventional technology, so that process control for each sample can be reliably carried out, and necessary sample data can be reliably reported when necessary. The main objective is to provide operational backup for laboratory technicians.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above objectives, the turn around time of each specimen (the time from the time the specimen is received at the laboratory until the report of the test result) is registered in the conventional laboratory information system, and the turn around time of each specimen is registered. By adding a function that constantly monitors the process from sample reception processing to the end of acceptance of measurement results, we created a system that constantly informs laboratory technicians of the process control status of sample measurement.

[Effect]

The laboratory information system has TAT information for each specimen,
Starting from the time the specimen is received in the laboratory, the flow of information regarding the specimen is sequentially checked over time.

As a result, samples that may exceed the specified TAT,
By notifying the operator of excess samples with an alarm, delays in testing can be prevented.

〔Example〕

The system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

The laboratory control system 1 has means for receiving and receiving test request information from the hospital host system 2 and the like, and means for sending test result information to these.

At a hospital, when a doctor examines a patient and a blood test becomes necessary, he or she selects the test items and transmits this information to the testing department.

Based on this information, the patient's blood is collected at the sampling site and delivered to the testing department.

The testing department that receives the specimen performs reception processing and checks the testing items on the specimen reception processing terminal 3.

From now on, depending on the test item, the sample will be transferred to each analyzer at 1°2.
3iliII terminals 6, 7, 8.9, or carried around.

The results measured by each analyzer are stored in the test information file, and are also transferred to a hospital host or the like, where they are provided as information for a doctor's diagnosis.

FIG. 2 shows the general structure within this examination information file.

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, time measurement is started after the specimen arrives at the testing department and the reception process is completed, and within the specified time, each analyzer 1, 2, 3 control terminal 6, 7.8 until there is an inquiry about the sample measurement request information, and as shown in Figure 4, if a certain time (T1) is exceeded, there is a risk of a delay in the test report, so the alarm of the second level is generated. shall be taken as a thing.

Next, after inquiring about the sample measurement request information, we continue to check that the test results arrive within a certain time (T2), and if this is exceeded, there is a risk of delays in the 1 analysis work. A two-level alarm shall be generated.

Furthermore, if there is any alarm in the arrived results, the operator is requested to take some action, but if this is not done within a certain period of time (T8), accurate data cannot be output, and the third level shall generate an alarm.

By introducing such a check system,
It is now possible to quickly process tests, which was previously difficult to achieve due to relying on the operation of laboratory technicians, and the laboratory technicians can now concentrate on their inspection work.

[The moving bed of invention]

According to the present invention, it becomes possible for a laboratory technician to concentrate on his or her testing work without having to be involved in unnecessary tasks such as sorting specimens or responding to inquiries about test results from doctors, which are not part of his or her original work.

As a result, testing will become faster and testing will be performed within the TAT (turn around time) required for each specimen.

As for the analyzer itself, there is a strong tendency for laboratories to select expensive, high-throughput equipment that takes maximum throughput into consideration, but it is now possible to select inexpensive, medium-sized equipment that takes average throughput into consideration, reducing running costs. reduction.

It becomes possible to reduce initial costs.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a system configuration diagram as an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of a specimen information file in the test information system, Fig. 3 is a flowchart of the process control system, and Fig. 4 is a timing signal diagram. show. 1... Laboratory control system, 2... Hospital host system, 3... Sample reception processing terminal, 4... Test information file, 5... Process control information display terminal, 6... Analyzer 1 control terminal, 7...analyzer 2 control terminal, 8...analyzer 3 control terminal, 9...method inspection terminal.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A test request input section, a test sample reception section, a test result input section from each analyzer, a test request information storage section, a test result storage section, and a display section capable of monitoring these information. What is claimed is: 1. A comprehensive clinical test information system comprising software that constantly checks the request information and test results of each specimen to manage the progress of a test process.