Method and means for transcribing medical test data

A method for transcribing medical test data from a test result printout, said test result printout having a column of equally spaced indicia, each of said indicia including a patient identifying indicia and a test result indicia, said method comprising:

• placing said test result printout on a work sheet having a grid thereon comprising a plurality of vertical columns each of which corresponds to a different test and a plurality of horizontal rows each of which corresponds to a different patient, said rows being sized and spaced to register with said column of indicia on said test result printout;
• aligning said patient identifying indicia with said horizontal rows so that said patient identifying indicia are registered with the rows corresponding to the patient they identify;
• aligning said test result indicia beside the one column corresponding to the test represented by said test result indicia;
• transcribing the test result indicia from said printout to said one column;
• aligning a plurality of test result printouts in a similar fashion beside the columns corresponding to the test results thereon and
• transcribing said test result indicia from said printouts to said columns whereby each horizontal row will reflect the test result indicia for various tests run for one patient;
• overlaying a data slip on said work sheet, said data slip having a horizontal row of boxes sized and spaced to register with a first group of said columns on said work sheet;
• positioning said data slip on said work sheet so that a row of boxes is adjacent one of said horizontal rows and registered with said group of columns;
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• transcribing the indicia in both said one horizontal row and in said group of columns to said boxes of said data slip.