Lecture 5 LIS, workflow, specimen receipt and processing Flashcards
whole blood requires
anticogulated specimen
plasma requires
anti coagulated specimen
serum required
clotted specimen
routine means
to be done that day
stat means
to be done within an hour
trauma mean
do it now!
what is required if data entry happens before specimen collection
electronic receipt
do you centrifuge whole blood
never
fixed angle rotor
spin tubes at fixed angles
swing out rotor
centrifuge buckets are loaded in vertical position. centrifuge starts bucket swing out from centre. specimen swung in horizontal plane
Components of LIS
hardware, software, middle ware
name hardware components
servers, printers, workstations with hard drivers, keyboard etc
name software components
OS, programs, applications
named middleware components
interfaces, data translation and interpretation btw systems
example of bidirectional interface
HIS and LIS
