Clinical Lab-12 Input Programs

This document provides a technical guide for the Input Programs component of the Digital Equipment Corporation Clinical Lab-12 system. The manual is intended for personnel requiring knowledge of the system's internal structure and assumes familiarity with the PDP-12 System Reference Manual and the Clinical Lab-12 System Programmers Manual.

Summary of Contents:

• Administrative Update (AD): Routines for entering new patient information and modifying existing patient files.
• Requisition Entry (RE): Functions for entering patient test requisitions via terminal or card reader, including test packages and system error handling.
• Delete Data (DE): Procedures for removing patient administrative data or test results.
• Test Update (TE): A section detailing how technicians enter or edit test results from instruments, either via terminal or card reader input.
• Manual Calculations (CA): A guide on using the system as a "desk calculator" to perform computations on patient data, with support for LINC and floating-point subroutines.
• Patient Data Filer (DATA-PF): Documentation for the subroutines used to store results into the patient files on the disk.

The manual includes internal descriptions, assembly instructions, and complete flow charts for each program, along with technical details regarding memory banks and disk file management.