title: Data processing in hospital bacteriology: experience of 18 months' trial.
abstract: The nature of bacteriological investigations creates data processing problems. Non-numerical results must be coded. This may be done retrospectively or at the bench, the former method involving extra work and staff, the latter implying simple codes, stringent checking, a nearby computer, and decoding programs. The use of a shared computer for producing daily reports diminishes departmental autonomy. Benefits occur in more readily available records and statistics, quality control, epidemiology, and diagnostic bacteriology.
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001432:Bacteriology; D003201:Computers; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008499:Medical Records; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D011786:Quality Control; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D013449:Sulfonamides; D000667:Ampicillin