InterLab- Features

InterLab is a laboratory information management system designed to support the information needs of veterinary diagnostic laboratories.

• Laboratory management
•  The user-friendly data entry screens support efficient management and retrieval of laboratory data within the constraints of good laboratory practice.
• Following registration of an incoming submissions, samples are allocated to laboratory sections for specific tests. The progress can be reviewed at any time.
• Allocation of responsibility for laboratory tasks including technicians, section heads and the duty veterinarian responsible for reaching a final diagnosis
• Analysis of laboratory demand, and categories of client making use of the laboratory
• E-mail reporting facility for rapid notification of notifiable or nationally important diagnoses
• Help facility that the user can extend to display on-screen details of SOPs and other details required to comply with good laboratory practice.
• Submission processing and reporting
• Simple registration procedures for submissions, clinical histories, tests required and diagnoses obtained
• User-defined test report formats to comply with local requirements
• User-definable client reports
• Customisable to local conditions
• All parameters can be customised to local values and criteria (such as the origin of submissions, category of client, laboratory sections, tests available, staff and responsibilities etc.
• The whole program is readily translatable on-screen in to any left-to-right language.
• Analysis of laboratory performance
• Relative demand for laboratory sections and individual tests offered
• Comparison of turn-around times for specific tests, laboratory sections, staff members, time of year
• Comparison of income generation by laboratory section and test
• Comparative analyses for any specified period of time
• Rapid identification of submissions where specific tests were used
• Diagnosis analysis
• Frequency of diagnoses by location, species, client category etc.
• Rapid identification of submissions where specific diagnoses were made
• Comparative analyses of diagnoses over time.

InterAgri, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6AR, United Kingdom
Telephone: 0118 9264888 Fax: 0118 9262431
Email: info@interagri.org