Welcome to Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Montagu Hospital Pathology Information system. This screen is intended to help you navigate around the assay database, so that you can get the best out of it, and find the information you need.
The information system consists of pages which give the specimen requirements and interpretation data for each of the tests offered by the pathology laboratories. The pages are designed to be viewed either on a ward based terminal or on a computer using browser software. The actual appearance of the screens depends on the method of access and the software used. Certain words or phrases within the pages of information will appear different (Dark text on a white background, underlined or a different colour), these are 'Hot Spots' which form links to other screens of information. To read a page, move the cursor to any word or letter that is highlighted (Using the cursor keys on a terminal or the mouse on a PC), and then press return (on a terminal) or click the left mouse button. Most pages have a link to the main index and/or to this screen. Within a page, move up/down the screen using the mouse on the scroll bar of a PC or with 'Next' or 'Previous' keys on a terminal.
In addition to using the links provided (and depending a little on the Browser software you are using) you can retrace your steps using a 'back' button on a PC, 'PF3' key (Back 1 page) or 'PF4' key (Back to index) on a terminal. You can use the links at the bottom of this page for practice and to see what features of the information pages may be invisible using your route of access. Soon you will find you can move quickly and efficiently to the screen you need.
The test information is reached via a cascade of sub-indexes. The main index
(click on the word Index below) will allow you to choose how you get to the
information about the test which you want.
The index of individual test names for the whole of pathology is quite long
and therefore there are several other indexes which give a shorter route to
the same information.
The index by department is useful if you know which area of pathology does the
test.
Often several tests are collected together as a 'set' with a commonly
recognized name such as - Urea and Electrolytes; Liver function; Full blood
count etc. The set index gives quick access to the component test information.
There are also separate indexes listing therapeutic drug measurements and all
of the interpretation assistance screens to allow more rapid access to these
pages.
Within each sub-index the Tests/Sets are listed according to the initial letter (Numbers and other non letter characters are grouped together). If a letter is absent there are no Tests/Sets starting with that character). Each individual letter index contains all the assays that start with that letter. Once you find the assay you want click on the name and you will find all the information available on it. You may find a number of entries for the same Test - that means that it is part of more than one Set. Selecting a character from an index may send you direct to the data page where there is only one entry beginning with a particular character.
*Index *
*More detail for PC users *..........*More detail for Terminal users *