Computer-assisted system for a mycobacteria tuberculosis laboratory using MUMPS.

A Laboratory Information System (LIS) has been developed and the main part of LIS is an on-line system with auto analysers. In April 1976, the Biochemistry Laboratory was computerized in Osaka Prefectural Habikino Hospital. This LIS uses a PDP 11/40 minicomputer system using MUMPS language. At present a Mycobacteria Tuberculosis Laboratory (MTL) is computerized using the same computer and MUMPS. In this laboratory, there is no auto analyser, so this computerization aims at saving on labour in paper work and increasing the reliability of test results. This paper shows that the computerization of MTL with no auto analyser can be effectively achieved using MUMPS.