[Results of a questionnaire survey about "standardization" of connection methods in Laboratory Automation System or Laboratory Information System by the National University Hospital Clinical Laboratory Divisions].
"Standardization" is very important in the field of clinical laboratory medicine. Enzyme reference materials(ERM) and standard plasma proteins(CRM470) have already been developed. Reference methods for some clinical chemical tests have also been developed. We are studying "standardization" of electric communication methods between computers and automatic analyzers in Laboratory Automation System(LAS) or Laboratory Information System(LIS). We present the results of a questionnaire survey of 73 LAS or LIS making Companies in this paper. Although "standardization" of electric communications or local area network in LAS or LIS has been done in only 22 companies(34.9%), we are planning more functional standard electric communication methods such as Health Level 7(HL7) or American Society for Testing and Materials(ASTM).
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Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Hiroshima University, Faculty of Medicine, Hiroshima 734-8551.
D001322:Autoanalysis / Q000295:instrumentation; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000592:standards*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires