AMS SAT 450 Communication Protocol
AMS SAT 450 Communication Protocol
CHAPTER 08
– HOST COMMUNICATION –
INDEX
8 HOST COMMUNICATION.......................................................................................................... .2
8.10.2 REQUEST INFORMATION OF A SPECIFIC SID AND COMMENT RECORD USAGE ..........19
8 HOST COMMUNICATION
8.1 COMMUNICATION WITH THE HOST COMPUTER
The SAT 450 can be connected to a host computer for the purpose of facilitating results
print-out and patients management.
In order to enable communication between the SAT 450 and the Host computer, select the “Host
Link” field under “Options” in the “Parameters” menu.
Æ ASTM uses a number of different terms to indicate the way it groups data.
• Field: an individual piece of data often referred to as a data field or a data element.
• Record: a number of logically related data fields grouped together to form one part of a
complete message.
• Repeat field: a data field of the same type as the one immediately preceding it. A delimiter
separates one instance of a repeat field from the next.
• Component field: part of data field that might contain more than one piece of data.
ÆASTM uses record types that are common and familiar to all laboratory personnel. It uses the
following record types:
• Header Record (H): contains identifying information about the sending station,
conventions that the device uses for field recognition, and the date
and time of send station transmission.
• Patient Record (P): contains patient information and identification number.
• Test Order Record (O): contains information about the assay or requests themselves and
includes other data.
• Result Record (R): contains information about the outcome of individual tests for an
individual patient and follows a sample program record. The results
contain the actual measurements derived from the test and a
comparison of the individual result to certain ranges specified as
norms for the laboratory.
• Message Terminator Record (L): This is the last record in the message. A header record
may be transmitted after this record signifying the
start of a second message.
• Request Information Record (Q): is used by either clinical instruments or computer
systems for a remote request for information from its
reciprocal system.
• Comment Record (C): Comment records shall apply to any other record except the
message trailer record. They may be free standing messages sent
from the instrument, unrelated to a particular patient or test
procedure.
The following scheme shows the “Download” and “Upload” operations between the SAT 450
system and the Host computer:
Upload
Down Up Max
Field Field Title Description and Valid Values
Load Load Len
Patient
The Analyzer System will ignore this
10 Race/Ethnic I N
field at launch.
Origin
For Analyzer, this is a four- component
field:
• Address (25 characters)
11 Patient Address O S 60
• City (25 characters)
• State (2 characters e.g.: NY, IT)
• Zip (5 characters)
12 Reserved Field I N
Patient Tel
13 I N
Number
Attending
14 I N
Physician ID
15 Special Field 1 I N
16 Special Field 2 I N
17 Patient Height I N
18 Patient Weight I N
Patient Known If this field has been sent by Host
19 or Suspected O N 30 Computer, it is considered to be a free
Diagnosis text
Patient Active
20 I N
Medications
21 Patient's Diet I N
Practice Field
22 I N
No. 1
Practice Field
23 I N
No. 2
Admission Date
Admission date only.
24 and Discharge O S 8
Formatted as YYYYMMDD.
Date (if desired)
Admission
25 I N
Status
26 Location O S 20
Nature of
Alternative
27 Diagnostic I N
Code and
classifiers
Alternative
Diagnostic
28 I N
Code and
classification
29 Patient Religion I N
30 Marital Status I N
31 Isolation Status I N
32 Language I N
Hospital
33 I N
Service
Hospital
34 I N
Institution
Dosage
35 I N
Category
Request
7 Ordered I N
Date/Time
Specimen
8 Collected I N
Date/Time
Collection End
9 I N
Time
Collection
10 I N
Volume/Units
11 Collector ID I N
13 Danger Code I N
Relevant
14 I N
Clinical Info.
Date/Time
15 Specimen I N
Received
This is a numeric field indicating
the type of specimen:
Specimen The Imm. System uses the
16 R A 1
Type following ASCII characters:
0= Serum
1= Urine
Ordering
17 I N
Physician
Physician Tel.
18 I N
Number
User Field
19 I N
No. 1
User Field
20 I N
No. 2
Lab Field
21 I N
No. 1
Lab Field
22 I N
No. 2
Date /Time
Result
23 I N
Reported Last
or Modified
Instrument
24 I N
Charge
Instrument
25 I N
Section ID
The field indicates the direction
26 Record Type I A 1 of the transmission:
O - Down Loading
F - Up Loading
27 Reserved Field I N
Location or
Ward of
28 I N
Specimen
Collection
Nosocomial
29 I N
Infection Flag
Specimen
30 I N
Service
Specimen
31 I N
Institution
R Required D Down Load
O Optional U Up Load
Legend:
I Ignored N Never
A Always S Sometimes
Date/Time Test
12 N
Started
Date and Time of test completion:
Date/Time Test
13 A 14 formatted as
Completed
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
14 Instrument ID N
Down Up Max
Field Field Title Description and Valid Values
Load Load Len
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<EOT>