InteLIS Documentation¶

InteLIS is an open-source laboratory information system for HIV viral load, EID, TB, hepatitis, COVID-19, CD4, and custom tests.

InteLIS was previously called VLSM. Some paths and the database keep the old name, and the guides say so where it matters.

Using InteLIS

Day-to-day work in the lab: registering requests, receiving and sending manifests, batching, capturing results, approving and releasing them.

How a sample moves through InteLIS

Register a test request
Looking after the machine

Installing, updating, backing up, restoring, and the maintenance scripts that keep a lab machine healthy.

Update InteLIS

Install on Ubuntu

Move a lab or rebuild a dead machine

Connect an instrument

Set up off-machine backups
Something is wrong

Start on the machine with intelis check, or intelis doctor when the site will not open. These pages cover the problems they point to.

MySQL will not start

Browser shows PHP code

Permission denied errors

Collation errors
Printable job aids

Eighteen single-page cards to print and pin up: seven for the lab bench, five for the administrator, and six for whoever looks after the machine.

Cards for the lab bench

Cards for the administrator

Cards for the machine

Frequently needed¶

Restore from a backup: put the data back on a machine that still runs InteLIS
Sample statuses: every status and what it means
Maintenance scripts: service guard, resource monitor, db-tools, cleanup, and scheduled tasks