CPC A61B 90/96 (2016.02) [G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A point of care system comprising:
an instrument data manager (IDM) configured to communicate with a diagnostic engine, the IDM comprising a user interface, a camera, a processor, and a memory having computer executable instructions stored therein, the IDM configured via the computer executable instructions to:
receive via the user interface or the camera identification (ID) information of a patient for which a test is to be performed using the diagnostic engine;
receive via the user interface or the camera ID information of a diagnostic consumable to be used to collect a sample from the patient;
link via a data structure stored in the memory the received patient ID information with the received diagnostic consumable ID information;
receive from the diagnostic engine, prior to performing a test on a sample collected with a diagnostic consumable received at the diagnostic engine, ID information of the diagnostic consumable received at the diagnostic engine;
determine via the processor whether the diagnostic consumable received at the diagnostic engine is linked with patient ID information stored in the memory; and
if the diagnostic consumable received at the diagnostic engine is not linked with patient ID information stored in the memory, transmit instructions to the diagnostic engine to prevent the diagnostic engine from performing a test on the sample collected with the diagnostic consumable received at the diagnostic engine.
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