Laboratory information management and process control software for microbiological laboratories of the Government Hospitals

Abstract

Antibiotic Sensitivity Test (ABST) is the laboratory report issued by a microbiology Laboratory based on specimens collected form a patient who is suspected to have an infective disease. ABST has the information about the infective organism and the possible antibiotics those can be used to treat the infection concerned. ABST is a crucial investigation since it aids eradication of the infection from the patient as well as assists to prevent emergence of antibiotic resistant organism due to blind treatment with antibiotics. Emergence of antibiotic resistant microorganisms is a global health hazard. It was a long felt need of the College of Microbiologists; Sri Lanka to have uniform microbiology laboratory information management software to assists the management of antibiotic sensitivity data for monitoring and setting standards in the microbiological laboratory operational process of the government hospitals and investigation laboratories. The Microbiology Laboratory Information Management software was developed under the guidance and recommendation of the Study Group for the Laboratory Standards of the College of Microbiologists of Sri Lanka to satisfy the above requirement. The Microbiology Laboratory Information Management software is a web enabled Application which has the facilities to store, manage and authorize results of various antibiotic sensitivity investigations performed by microbiological laboratories. System has the capacity to produce printable laboratory work sheets based on request forms. The system prints receipts for each specimen received and prints ABST when the laboratory process completed. This allows microbiologists to access and perform analysis of ABST resistant pattern data which is available in the database identifying various trends and patterns of drug resistance. Further to these features, system is equipped with, a user and configuration management interfaces and job role based user authentication enabling concurrent access to the system through a local area network or the internet.

Antibiotic Sensitivity Test (ABST) is the laboratory report issued by a microbiology Laboratory based on specimens collected form a patient who is suspected to have an infective disease. ABST has the information about the infective organism and the possible antibiotics those can be used to treat the infection concerned. ABST is a crucial investigation since it aids eradication of the infection from the patient as well as assists to prevent emergence of antibiotic resistant organism due to blind treatment with antibiotics. Emergence of antibiotic resistant microorganisms is a global health hazard. It was a long felt need of the College of Microbiologists; Sri Lanka to have uniform microbiology laboratory information management software to assists the management of antibiotic sensitivity data for monitoring and setting standards in the microbiological laboratory operational process of the government hospitals and investigation laboratories. The Microbiology Laboratory Information Management software was developed under the guidance and recommendation of the Study Group for the Laboratory Standards of the College of Microbiologists of Sri Lanka to satisfy the above requirement. The Microbiology Laboratory Information Management software is a web enabled Application which has the facilities to store, manage and authorize results of various antibiotic sensitivity investigations performed by microbiological laboratories. System has the capacity to produce printable laboratory work sheets based on request forms. The system prints receipts for each specimen received and prints ABST when the laboratory process completed. This allows microbiologists to access and perform analysis of ABST resistant pattern data which is available in the database identifying various trends and patterns of drug resistance. Further to these features, system is equipped with, a user and configuration management interfaces and job role based user authentication enabling concurrent access to the system through a local area network or the internet.