Author/Editor		Ostroveršnik, Matjaž; Senčar, Damijan; Levičnik-Stezinar, Snežna
Title		Informacijski sistem za podporo testiranja krvi na virus hepatitisa C z metodo PCR
Translated title		Information system for support of HCV RNA blood screening
Type		članek
Source		In: INFOS'01; 2001 okt 22-26; Ljubljana. Delovno gradivo Seminar Informatika v zdravstvu; 2001 okt 25; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Slovensko društvo za medicinsko informatiko,
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 1-4
Language		slo
Abstract		This paper presents high-level technological blue print of information system for support of HCV RNA testing of donated blood with PCR (Polimease Chain Reaction) method in pools. The method is highly selective, but also highly demanding testing method. Therefore information system (IS) is needed to shied laboratory staff from errors caused by fatigue due to high volume of blood samples, or the technological complexity of the pooling and testing. The IS integrates together interfaces for data exchange with legacy IS and interfaces with laboratory machines. The data exchange between transfusion centers and PCR testing site is carried out over private WAN. All operations are logged. The detailed trace is available for any system entity (i.e. shipment, blood sample or pool). The lifecycle of all entities is known and DFA of allowed transitions exists. Sytem prohibits invalid transitions. The software is in production for one year and no serious errors or design flaws have been discovered.
Descriptors		BLOOD TRANSFUSION HEPATITIS C-LIKE VIRUSES INFORMATION SYSTEMS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION