An automatic sorting method and system for emergency specimens based on RFID tags

Abstract

The present invention discloses an automatic sorting method and system for emergency specimens based on RFID tags, which belongs to the technical field of rapid priority sorting of specimens in the laboratory, including: setting a first RFID tag for associating a blood sampling barcode, and marking the blood sampling information with an emergency label by scanning the blood sampling barcode or the first RFID tag, and generating a second RFID tag; setting an RFID tag sensing device, and identifying and automatically sorting the specimens marked with the emergency label by scanning the first RFID tag or the second RFID tag. The present invention reduces the workload of sorting emergency specimens in the laboratory, improves the efficiency and convenience of sorting emergency specimens, and thus is more suitable for execution, implementation and promotion.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of rapid priority sorting of specimens in a laboratory, and in particular to an automatic sorting method and system for emergency specimens based on RFID tags. Background Art

[0002] After the specimens of the laboratory are delivered from the blood collection point, some large testing units may automatically sort them when blood is collected (according to the type of blood collection tubes, such as purple-headed tubes, red-headed tubes, blue-headed tubes, etc.). When they arrive at the laboratory, due to the complexity of the work of the laboratory, for example, the same tubes will be assigned to different testing groups for testing, so manual secondary sorting is required after delivery. Moreover, this secondary sorting is not for emergency specimens. If there is an emergency, when it arrives at the testing group, it may be picked out when the workload is small, and it will be directly processed in a unified manner if the workload is large. Even if it is picked out, it has actually gone through many steps and wasted a lot of time. This efficiency is unacceptable for hospitals and clinical departments that care about patient experience. However, due to the complexity of the work of the laboratory, there has been no solution to this problem. Summary of the invention

[0003] In order to solve the above problems, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic sorting technology for emergency specimens based on RFID tags, which can be used for rapid and priority sorting of emergency specimens in the laboratory to meet clinical diagnosis and treatment needs.

[0004] In order to achieve the above technical objectives, the present application provides an automatic sorting method for emergency specimens based on RFID tags, comprising the following steps:

[0005] Setting a first RFID tag for associating with the blood sampling barcode, by scanning the blood sampling barcode or the first RFID tag, marking the blood sampling information with an emergency check tag, and generating a second RFID tag;

[0006] An RFID tag sensing device is provided to identify and automatically sort specimens marked with an emergency inspection tag by scanning the first RFID tag or the second RFID tag.

[0007] Preferably, in the process of obtaining the first RFID tag, an RFID tag is printed on the blood sampling barcode as the first RFID tag.

[0008] Preferably, in the process of marking the blood collection information with an emergency check label, based on the initiator of the blood collection barcode, the blood collection information corresponding to the blood collection barcode is marked with an emergency check label according to the blood collection barcode scanned by the initiator; in the process of generating the second RFID label, based on the blood collection barcode corresponding to the blood collection information marked with the emergency check label, the first RFID label is obtained and updated to generate the second RFID label; in the process of identifying the emergency check label, the second RFID label is obtained through the RFID tag sensing device, and the specimen is identified and automatically sorted according to the emergency check label of the blood collection barcode corresponding to the second RFID label.

[0009] Preferably, in the process of marking the blood collection information with an emergency check label, based on the initiator of the blood collection barcode, the blood collection information corresponding to the blood collection barcode is marked with an emergency check label according to the blood collection barcode scanned by the initiator; in the process of identifying the emergency check label, the first RFID tag is obtained through the RFID tag sensing device, and the specimen is identified and automatically sorted according to the emergency check label of the blood collection barcode corresponding to the first RFID tag.

[0010] Preferably, in the process of marking the blood collection information with an emergency check label, based on the initiator of the blood collection barcode, the blood collection information marked with an emergency check label corresponding to the blood collection barcode associated with the first RFID tag is obtained according to the first RFID tag scanned by the initiator; in the process of generating the second RFID tag, the blood collection information marked with the emergency check label is updated according to the association of the first RFID tag, the second RFID tag is generated, and the blood collection barcode is updated at the same time; in the process of identifying the emergency check label, the second RFID tag is obtained through the RFID tag sensing device, and the specimen is identified and automatically sorted according to the emergency check label of the blood collection barcode corresponding to the second RFID tag.

[0011] The present invention discloses an automatic sorting system for urgent specimens based on RFID tags, which is used to implement an automatic sorting method for urgent specimens, including:

[0012] a label updating module, for marking an urgent check label on the blood sampling information and generating a second RFID label according to a first RFID label set on the associated blood sampling barcode by scanning the blood sampling barcode or the first RFID label, wherein the RFID label is printed on the blood sampling barcode as the first RFID label;

[0013] The specimen sorting module is used to be set on the RFID tag sensing device, and identifies the specimens marked with the emergency check label by scanning the first RFID tag or the second RFID tag, and generates a sorting instruction for automatically sorting the specimens marked with the emergency check label.

[0014] The present invention discloses the following technical effects:

[0015] The present invention reduces the workload of sorting emergency specimens in the laboratory, improves the efficiency and convenience of sorting emergency specimens, and thus is more suitable for execution, implementation and promotion. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0017] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the method flow of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] To make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical scheme in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all of the embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application generally described and shown in the drawings here can be arranged and designed in various different configurations. Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application provided in the drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the application claimed for protection, but merely represents the selected embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without making creative work belong to the scope of protection of the present application.

[0019] like Figure 1 As shown, the present invention provides an automatic sorting method for emergency specimens based on RFID tags, comprising the following steps:

[0020] Setting a first RFID tag for associating with the blood sampling barcode, by scanning the blood sampling barcode or the first RFID tag, marking the blood sampling information with an emergency check tag, and generating a second RFID tag;

[0021] An RFID tag sensing device is provided to identify and automatically sort specimens marked with an emergency inspection tag by scanning the first RFID tag or the second RFID tag.

[0022] Further preferably, in the method for automatic sorting of emergency specimens provided by the present invention, in the process of obtaining the first RFID tag, the RFID tag is printed on the blood sampling barcode as the first RFID tag.

[0023] Further preferably, the method for automatic sorting of emergency specimens provided by the present invention, in the process of marking the blood collection information with an emergency check label, based on the initiator of the blood collection barcode, marks the blood collection information corresponding to the blood collection barcode with an emergency check label according to the blood collection barcode scanned by the initiator; in the process of generating the second RFID tag, according to the blood collection barcode corresponding to the blood collection information marked with the emergency check label, obtain the first RFID tag and update it to generate the second RFID tag; in the process of identifying the emergency check label, obtain the second RFID tag through the RFID tag sensing device, and according to the emergency check label of the blood collection barcode corresponding to the second RFID tag, identify and automatically sort the specimen.

[0024] Further preferably, the method for automatic sorting of emergency specimens provided by the present invention, in the process of marking the blood collection information with an emergency check label, based on the initiator of the blood collection barcode, marks the blood collection information corresponding to the blood collection barcode with an emergency check label according to the blood collection barcode scanned by the initiator; in the process of identifying the emergency check label, a first RFID tag is obtained through an RFID tag sensing device, and according to the emergency check label of the blood collection barcode corresponding to the first RFID tag, the specimen is identified and automatically sorted.

[0025] Further preferably, the method for automatic sorting of emergency specimens provided by the present invention, in the process of marking the emergency check label on the blood collection information, is based on the initiator of the blood collection barcode, and according to the first RFID tag scanned by the initiator, obtains the blood collection information marked with the emergency check label corresponding to the blood collection barcode associated with the first RFID tag; in the process of generating the second RFID tag, the blood collection information marked with the emergency check label is updated according to the association of the first RFID tag to generate the second RFID tag, and the blood collection barcode is updated at the same time; in the process of identifying the emergency check label, the second RFID tag is obtained through the RFID tag sensing device, and according to the emergency check label of the blood collection barcode corresponding to the second RFID tag, the specimen is identified and automatically sorted.

[0026] The present invention discloses an automatic sorting system for urgent specimens based on RFID tags, which is used to implement an automatic sorting method for urgent specimens, including:

[0027] a label updating module, for marking an urgent check label on the blood sampling information and generating a second RFID label according to a first RFID label set on the associated blood sampling barcode by scanning the blood sampling barcode or the first RFID label, wherein the RFID label is printed on the blood sampling barcode as the first RFID label;

[0028] The specimen sorting module is used to be set on the RFID tag sensing device, and identifies the specimens marked with the emergency check label by scanning the first RFID tag or the second RFID tag, and generates a sorting instruction for automatically sorting the specimens marked with the emergency check label.

[0029] Embodiment: The present invention does not only use barcodes (traditional method) in specimen collection, but adds RFID tags for barcode association or directly uses RFID tags. The RFID can be printed out by the inspection information system (such as LIS) and attached to the barcode, or it can be prefabricated by the manufacturer when the specimen collection tube is produced and attached to the tube waiting for the inspection system to associate;

[0030] Regarding the identification of emergency specimens, the present invention allows frontline clinical outpatient staff to submit emergency inspection requests through mobile phones or PCs of medical workstations, which is innovative in terms of method - traditionally, emergency inspection is selected when opening a bill in a hospital system (such as HIS), but in fact, the bill is often opened in a hurry, without sufficient thought and clear needs to drive this selection. By the time the specimen is determined to be an emergency inspection, there is nowhere to operate. This traditional emergency inspection identification method is simply not feasible and has no execution power. Therefore, the present invention uses an innovative method to submit emergency inspection requests, and selects specimens that need to be urgently inspected from the data of the monitoring inspection specimen barcode through a mobile phone or a PC of a medical workstation and identifies them as emergency inspections.

[0031] The specimen barcode monitoring system allows the client in the laboratory to view the information of all emergency specimens submitted by the clinic (including the barcode number or the corresponding number such as the RFID mentioned above) for verification of the corresponding specimens.

[0032] The present invention transforms the sorting workbench. The traditional workbench generally pours all the specimens onto the table, and manually sorts them into different specific storage boxes according to the items on the barcode or the types of collection tubes. After the sorting is completed, the different storage boxes are sent to different detection group positions. The present invention transforms the workbench into a desktop with RFID sensing function, and can add an optional image recognition module (the image recognition module is mainly used for error correction, such as triggering a warning when different types of collection tubes (such as: putting a purple-headed tube into the cap of a red-headed tube) are placed incorrectly. Although this work can also be obtained and automatically corrected from the inspection system according to the barcode, it cannot actually rule out the situation where the wrong tube is used when the specimen is collected. Although this happens from time to time, the possibility is relatively low, so it is an optional situation; if the manufacturer adopts the method of pre-fabricating RFID when producing collection tubes in the first point, it can be achieved that the associated specimen information will issue an early warning when the specimen is collected, which is actually a very important control link and improvement. When the desktop senses that there are emergency specimens placed on the specimen, an alarm is required, such as an alarm light or sound, etc., and a display screen can also be installed on the sorting board to display the emergency specimen information in the specimens on the desktop (the quantity and name of each specimen, clinic number, barcode number, test item combination, etc.)

[0033] The above-mentioned desktop cooperates with manual large-scale screening to find urgent specimens and then re-sensing in small batches, which has greatly reduced the workload. However, in order to further reduce the workload of picking out specimens, the sensing desktop can also and should have the function of RFID partition positioning. For example, the entire desktop area can be partially lit. If an urgent specimen is detected, the location of the specimen is located, and the preset area range around the location of the specimen (such as a circular area with a radius of 10 cm of the specimen positioning point) is lit to display the approximate location of the specimen on the desktop (so that manual labor can quickly find it).

[0034] The selected emergency specimens should be marked as "sorted" in the monitoring system. This state is completely unavailable in the existing technology, because although there is a sorting process in the tradition, there is no informationization, so this state does not exist. The informationization state of this process is completely lost, which is unreasonable for providing good laboratory services. If this state is not available, the next step of monitoring the receipt of the specimen delivery is to enter the specimen, and the specimen entry is often entered after the test is on the machine. If there is no rapid sorting and this sorted state, the very long period in the middle is completely blank, which forms a big monitoring and good bottleneck for providing good clinical and patient services. The selected specimens can be distinguished or sent to the testing post for testing first, which can significantly reduce the reporting time of the emergency specimen results, quickly respond to clinical needs and improve patient experience.

[0035] The advantages of the automatic sorting technology for emergency specimens based on RFID tags designed by the present invention over the prior art are: the clinical request operation and timing are more practical and feasible; the operation of the testing department is faster, more convenient and more feasible; it is efficient; accurate; and has a high degree of automation.

[0036] The present invention is described with reference to flowcharts and / or block diagrams of methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood that each process and / or block in the flowchart and / or block diagram, as well as the combination of processes and / or blocks in the flowchart and / or block diagram, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device generate instructions for implementing the processes in the flowchart and / or block diagram. Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A device that provides the functions specified in a block or multiple blocks.

[0037] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0038] Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Thus, if these modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include these modifications and variations.

Claims

1. An automatic sorting system for emergency specimens based on RFID tags, characterized in that: include: a label updating module, for generating a second RFID label by marking an urgent check label on the blood sampling information according to a first RFID label set on the associated blood sampling barcode by scanning the blood sampling barcode, wherein the RFID label is printed on the blood sampling barcode as the first RFID label; A specimen sorting module, which is arranged on the RFID tag sensing device, identifies the specimens marked with the emergency check tag by scanning the first RFID tag, and generates a sorting instruction for automatically sorting the specimens marked with the emergency check tag; In the process of marking the emergency check label on the blood sampling information, based on the initiator of the blood sampling barcode, according to the blood sampling barcode scanned by the initiator, the blood sampling information corresponding to the blood sampling barcode is marked with an emergency check label; In the process of labeling the blood sampling information with an urgent check label, based on the initiator of the blood sampling barcode, according to the first RFID label scanned by the initiator, the blood sampling information labeling urgent check label corresponding to the blood sampling barcode associated with the first RFID label is obtained; In the process of generating the second RFID tag, the first RFID tag is obtained and updated according to the blood sampling barcode corresponding to the blood sampling information marked with the emergency check label to generate the second RFID tag; In the process of generating the second RFID tag, the blood sampling information associated with the first RFID tag and marked with the emergency check tag is updated to generate the second RFID tag, and the blood sampling barcode is updated at the same time; In the process of identifying the emergency check label, the first RFID label is obtained by the RFID label sensing device, and the specimen is identified and automatically sorted according to the emergency check label of the blood sampling barcode corresponding to the first RFID label; In the process of identifying the emergency check label, the second RFID label is obtained by the RFID label sensing device, and the specimen is identified and automatically sorted according to the emergency check label of the blood sampling barcode corresponding to the second RFID label; Select the specimens that need urgent inspection from the data of the monitoring inspection specimen barcodes through the mobile phone or the PC of the medical workstation and mark them as urgent inspection; If an urgent specimen is detected, the location of the specimen is located, and the location of the specimen on the desktop is displayed around a preset area of ​​the specimen location.

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