Chemical Pathology , Cytology , Hematology , Histology , Microbiology , and Serology
These Modules should manage the bulk of the administrative tasks involved in the Hospital and freeing staff to concentrate on patient activities. The module should provide all of the efficient, comprehensive functions for specimen management, result and statistical reporting that the laboratories require while being flexible enough to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
The facilities that should be provided and the versatility with which they may be configured and used should make the system a significant benefit to laboratory information management in accordance with accreditation standards.
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| Laboratory Details |
| | Description | The Laboratory modules generally consists of :
Chemical Pathology , Cytology , Hematology , Histology , Microbiology , and Serology
These Modules should manage the bulk of the administrative tasks involved in the Hospital and freeing staff to concentrate on patient activities. The module should provide all of the efficient, comprehensive functions for specimen management, result and statistical reporting that the laboratories require while being flexible enough to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
The facilities that should be provided and the versatility with which they may be configured and used should make the system a significant benefit to laboratory information management in accordance with accreditation standards |
| >>> Requisition Registration | | | | 1 | | Provide test definitions | | 3 | | Provide reference ranges | | 4 | | Provide notification ranges and delta checks | | 5 | | Display and automatically print requisitions | | 6 | | Display the patient's full history of cytology tests and results | | 7 | | Fully record specimen details including smears, EM and photography |
| 8 | | User defined data fields for collecting patient’s clinical histories, surgical procedures, and comments | | 9 | | User defined Sequential specimen numbering | | 10 | | Order entry with duplicate order checking | | 11 | | Ability to assign specimens to a technologist/pathologist |
| >>> Work-Lists ( Work Sheets ) | | | | 13 | | Support User defined layouts and size | | 15 | | Include patient and specimen information, including date and time of collection | | 16 | | Ability to add comments per specimen | | 17 | | Handle dilution factors for automatic calculations of final results | | 19 | | Allow to add, swap and delete specimens | | 20 | | Log these specimen changes | | 21 | | User defined labels for containers and slides |
| 22 | | Support user defined screen formats for results | | 23 | | Support text editor for all findings | | 24 | | Have automatic data integrity checks | | 25 | | Have real-time range checking based on age, sex and patient condition | | 26 | | On screen display of deltas | | 27 | | Support automatic user defined calculations | | 28 | | Support auto-validation functions | | 29 | | Support automatic display of CBC for comparison |
| >>> Interface with Medical Equipment | | | | 30 | | Interface to various on-line analyzers | | 31 | | Interface to manual differential counters | | 32 | | Support the quality controlled results that are accepted for entry | | 33 | | Make results available to the Order Management system |
| 35 | | Patient search inquiries | | 36 | | Display of all requests for a patient | | 37 | | Specimen search criteria | | 38 | | Security levels for confidential inquiries | | 39 | | Optionally display requests for other labs | | 40 | | Provide for patient history inquiries by patient name, request number and patient/hospital number | | 41 | | Allow for creation and amendment of search profiles | | 42 | | Activate search profiles | | 43 | | Activate overnight reports | | 44 | | Monitor overnight terminals |
| 51 | | Unverified tests report | | 52 | | Auto-validation reports based on quality control evaluation |
| 59 | | Abnormalities highlighted in reports | | 60 | | Detailed report :- Coded and free text | | 61 | | Detailed report :- Text editor with word processor | | 62 | | Detailed report :- SNOMED coding and search facilities | | 63 | | Detailed report :- Supplementary reports |
| 64 | | Capture statistics automatically at the result approval stage | | 65 | | Have quality control features e.g. daily quality control logs | | 66 | | Use quality control summary reports | | 68 | | Support quality control exceptions reports | | 69 | | Support Westgard rules for quality control | | 70 | | Support quality control sample collection | | 71 | | Support input of individual quality control results | | 72 | | Support batch input of quality control results |
| >>> Supervisory Functions | | | | 73 | | Provide for referral lists | | 75 | | Configurable :- Report format parameters | | 76 | | Configurable :- Report approval parameters | | 77 | | Configurable :- Request number format parameters | | 78 | | Configurable :- Worksheet and daybook parameters | | 79 | | Create and amend recall letters |
| >>> Histopathology Management | | | | 80 | | Support report size parameters | | 81 | | Have user defined report editor commands | | 82 | | Support label parameters | | 83 | | Support printer parameters |
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