A MICROCOMPUTER‐ASSISTED BACTERIOLOGY REPORTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEM

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A microcomputer system for recording and reporting all specimens processed by a routine laboratory of clinical bacteriology is described. The system is based on 2 multi-user microcomputers, and all functions are carried out within the laboratory by the medical, technical and clerical staff. Data are recorded using visual display units (VDU), and the laboratory has issued .apprx. 2700 final reports/wk since Jan. 1981. Data on all specimens are kept for immediate recall on a VDU for .apprx. 6 wk and thereafter, stored on floppy disks. The computer system also produces laboratory statistics for internal use and epidemiological information for the surveillance of nosocomial infections, and makes accounting information for the accountants'' office.

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