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report that contains all the test information generated by the various laboratories that have

performed analyses for the patient. The format of the report should be such that the test

results are clear and unambiguous. Other uses could be to provide data for the hospitalbilling department, send patient laboratory test data to the record room, and provide list

of available laboratory tests for the physician. Components of the laboratory computer

are hardware central processing unit, Data storage devices random access memory,Magnetic tapes, hard disks, floppy discs, input devices keyboard, bar-code reader,

mouse, touch screens, and output devices printer.

KEYWORDS: Laboratory Computers, administrative support, hardwares, softwares.

QUESTIONS:

1. What is the need of computers in laboratory?2. What are the functions of computers in laboratory?

3. What are the components of laboratory computer?

ANSWERS:1. Due to increase in the number of tests performed in the clinical laboratory, the

need to process this information efficiently and accurately has become essential.Many laboratory information systems have been developed to assist in the

delivery of the data.

2. In the laboratory, the computer is to provide the physician with one

comprehensive laboratory report that contains all the test information generatedby the various laboratories that have performed analyses for the patient. Other

uses could be to provide data for the hospital billing department, send patient

laboratory test data to the record room, and provide list of available laboratorytests for the physician. Computer stores information regarding laboratory

policies, mission statements regarding specific objectives for the particular

laboratory facility and statements about laboratory medicine philosophy, ingeneral.

3. Components of the laboratory computer are hardware central processing unit,

Data storage devices random access memory, Magnetic tapes, hard disks,floppy discs, input devices keyboard, bar-code reader, mouse, touch screens,

and output devices printer.