[Automated management of information in the microbiology department of a hospital analysis laboratory. Practical evaluations and operational proposals]

Quad Sclavo Diagn. 1984 Mar;20(1):1-14.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The computer has now an important role in analysis laboratory. Particularly the microbiological sector may receive a considerable support by the computer. In fact it's possible to form an effective epidemiologic hospital observatory, by making a systematic and continuous control of bacterial ecology in hospital wards, through the statistical results elaborated by computer. This is the object of the microbiological sector in the hospital's laboratory in Pistoia Town.

MeSH terms

  • Electronic Data Processing / instrumentation*
  • Forms and Records Control
  • Hospital Departments*
  • Humans
  • Medical Laboratory Science / instrumentation*
  • Microbiological Techniques*