Application of Middleware to Automated Hematology Analyzers / 임상검사와정도관리
Journal of Laboratory Medicine and Quality Assurance
;
: 56-59, 2013.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-225307
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Test results in a laboratory are simply relayed to the laboratory information system through the interface. Middleware facilitates and manages the interaction between applications across heterogeneous computing platforms. We applied middleware to automated hematology analyzers in a clinical laboratory.METHODS:
We used HemLink (Beckman Coulter Korea, Korea) as middleware between the laboratory information system and hematology analyzers. It provides quality control programs including the Westgard multirule chart and moving averages.RESULTS:
Unlike the previous system, middleware does not require manual input of the quality control results. Amendment of quality control, if necessary, could be done without the help of hospital information teams. Identification of abnormal results with patient information could be achieved with moving averages. Morphology flags and system flags are checked at remote computers.CONCLUSIONS:
Management of quality control results of hematology analyzers was easy via middleware. Thus, middleware could be useful to connect proficiency testing programs with HemLink and to compare results from laboratories using the same middleware.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Quality Control
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Clinical Laboratory Information Systems
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Hematology
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Korea
Type of study:
Practice guideline
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Laboratory Medicine and Quality Assurance
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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