Development of Order Communication System - laboratory application -

처방 전달 시스템의 개발 - 검사 처방 시스템의 개발 -

We have developed and been using laboratory order communication system which is a computerized laboratory request and reception system wi th bar code between inpatient or outpatient and the clinical laboratory in Chungbuk National Unversity Hospital. Work flows are as follows: Tests are requested by the physicians through hospital information system without issuing request forms. Bar code stickers containing demographics of patient and other informations such as sample number, slip code and specimen code are printed and attached to smaple tubes. At the department of clinical pathology, smaples are received through the bar code reader. Area numbers are automatically created and laboratory work numbers are determined. Worklists can be issued by each section of laboratory when needed. Our order communication system alleviates the human labor such as specimen labelling and making worklist and reduces clerical errors that occur from sample collection to laboratory analysis.