[Automatic system design of radioimmunoassay (RIA) laboratory in Yamagata University Hospital].

An originally designed full automatic system for radioimmunoassay (RIA) examination was developed. The system was constructed with mini computer (DOMAIN 3500, Appolo), touch panel controlled personal computer (PC-9801 VM, NEC), printout device (LASER SHOT, Canon) and well-type gamma counter (COBRA, PACKARD). The mini computer was connected with hospital host computer system (FACOM M-760, Fujitsu) to get some patient's information (name, sex, date of birth, department and out-or inpatient). This on-line connection made it possible to simplify the sample registration. Then only the patient's ID-code and examination item were required for sample registration. Sample label, worksheet, report, statistics and register file were able to be printed full automatically. Our new developed system was very useful in search of some patient's previous result.