File Management; File Names And Formats - Siemens Rapidlab 1200 Operator's Manual

7 File Management

This section contains information about the following file management topics:
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File names and formats

• Copying data files
• Viewing the sample totals
File Names and Formats
When you copy files to a storage medium, CD or diskette, the file name indicates
the type of data the file contains (P for patient, Q for QC, and C for calibration)
and the day of the year that the file was created. For example, file P15.CSV
contains patient data and was created on January 15 and file Q46.CSV contains
QC data and was created on February 15, the 46th day of the year.
The diskette data files are in CSV format and the CD data files are in CSF format.
Both of these formats use a comma-delimited record structure. The files contain
ASCII characters without any character formatting. For example, the system uses
the following means of displaying the results:
• pCO
the letter H in the column next to a result instead of ↑ to indicate that the
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result is above the patient range
the letter L instead of ↓ to indicate that the result is below the patient range
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When a result is above or below the reporting range, the system does not display a
value. The system displays only the letter H or L to indicate that the result is
above or below the reporting range.
In each patient and QC file, the data is organized in rows:
Row
1
2
is displayed as pCO
2 2
Contents
The first row contains column headings. The files containing
patient data include columns for demographic fields, parameter
names, and patient ranges.
The files containing QC data include columns for lot information
and target ranges as well as parameter names.
The system displays columns for parameters, ranges, and
demographics even if you do not enable them in Setup.
The second row contains units of measure for the demographics
and parameters.
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