CAPINTEC, INC. CAPTUS
®
3000
CHAPTER 16
CUSTOM PROTOCOLS
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 16-1
STARTING CUSTOM PROTOCOLS .............................................................. 16-2
PROTOCOLS ................................................................................................. 16-3
Adding Protocols ...................................................................................... 16-3
Viewing Protocols ..................................................................................... 16-7
Deleting Protocols ..................................................................................... 16-7
Selecting the Excel Workbook for the Protocol ...................................... 16-7
PATIENT DATA ............................................................................................. 16-8
Adding Patients ......................................................................................... 16-8
Editing Patient Information ...................................................................... 16-10
Deleting Patient Information .................................................................... 16-10
MAKING MEASUREMENTS ......................................................................... 16-11
Data Acquisition ....................................................................................... 16-13
After Counting .......................................................................................... 16-14
Report ....................................................................................................... 16-14
CUSTOM PROTOCOLS EXCEL WORKBOOK ............................................ 16-15
Creating a Workbook for a Protocol (Setup Mode) ................................ 16-15
Setting Up the Workbook ......................................................................... 16-18
Viewing Patients from Workbook (User Mode) ...................................... 16-23
Note: This is an Optional Module which must be purchased in addition to the CAPTUS
®
3000 system.
INTRODUCTION
The Custom Protocols Module is used to perform tests which are not included in other
CAPTUS
®
3000 program modules. It is ideal for facilities needing to perform repeated
protocols that are not widely adopted. This advanced module provides the flexibility needed
to collect almost any type of data required for the study, perform simple or complex data
analysis, and create standard reports.
The analysis of the data and report generation is performed in Microsoft Excel. The Excel
Workbook is tightly integrated with the CAPTUS
®
3000 application so that in daily use,
reports can be generated from Excel transparently to the user.
Integration with Excel allows the analysis of data and reporting to be at any level of
complexity – and completely user defined. Capintec provides a sophisticated Excel
Workbook that handles importing all the data from the protocol automatically. There are
worksheets in the workbook that are used for data access, user-defined data analysis
(formulas are entered on these sheets), and reporting. Analysis sheets are hidden during
daily use to avoid confusion and/or alteration by the technologist. A report workbook takes
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