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The automatic analysis of blood is studied with particular reference to the information flow involved. The system at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham is taken as an example.
The automatic analysis of blood is studied with particular reference to the information flow involved. The system at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham is taken as an example.
| Module code and title: | T242, Systems management |
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| Item code: | T242; 07 |
| First transmission date: | 21-06-1974 |
| Published: | 1974 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:30 |
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| Producer: | Andrew Millington |
| Contributors: | John Martin; Geoffrey Nickless; Margaret Peters; T. P. Whitehead |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Blood testing; Hardware integration; Information flows; Information merging; Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre; System safeguards |
| Footage description: | T.P. Whitehead introduces the programme by explaining the advantages of automated over manual blood tests. Commentary by John Martin explains the aspects of the blood analysis system which will be examined. Systems diagram and shots of the procedure in action are shown while he talks. Film shots show the hardware and chemistry of the analysis process. Commentary by John Martin explains. Geoff Nickless points out some of the component parts of the hardware and explains how they work. Commentary by John Martin explains how the analysis technique is integrated into hospital procedures to make it a safe and satisfactory procedure. Film shots show the analysis in progress during the commentary. Martin points out the safeguards which are taken. Margaret Peters of the Computing Laboratory explains how the data outputs from the computer are checked and collated with the data from individual patients. She outlines the steps taken and the safeguards which are observed. Shot of the systems diagram. Commentary by John Martin explains how far the procedure outlined so far has progressed on the diagram. He points out the feedback loops which ensure accuracy in the system. Margaret Peters continues her discussion on the safeguards taken in interpreting and collating results. TP Whitehead discusses some of the pitfalls in interpreting the data output as well as pitfalls in the techniques used in data analysis. The programme next looks at the impact of automatic analysis of blood on people both inside and outside the hospital. Margaret Peters explains the impact which her work has and may have in the future. TP Whitehead discusses some of the wider issues which are raised, outside the hospital, in connection with the potential growth of automatic blood testing. Whitehead sums up. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71450 |
| Production number: | 00525_5134 |
| Videofinder number: | 789 |
| Available to public: | no |
