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Coupling of HI to a central laboratory computer, automated evaluation of instrument alarms
Author(s) -
BarthMagnus K.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
european journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0902-4441
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1990.tb01531.x
Subject(s) - technician , computer science , microcomputer , alarm , autoanalyzer , meaning (existential) , artificial intelligence , human–computer interaction , programming language , natural language processing , medicine , psychology , telecommunications , chip , materials science , electrical engineering , composite material , engineering , psychotherapist
Everyone who has worked with an H1 from Technicon knows that it pours out a vast number of asterisks and error flags and that the same information is hidden in different places. After comparing a great number of samples from H1 with manual methods, we found that we could reduce the number of alarms of medical significance to about 20. So we built a microcomputer which sends the test results, the asterisks and 20 user defined alarm flags to the host computer where the verification takes place. The verification program automatically approves of tests where no alarms, asterisks or high or low values occur. Tests with any kind of alarm or asterisk are displayed. Doubtful results are automatically deleted following specified rules, the meaning of the asterisks can be studied on a switch‐screen like on H1, and the technician can take the appropriate action, microscopy, rerun or checking H1