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

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  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

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

  Update InteLIS

  Install on Ubuntu

• Printable job aids

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

  Cards for the lab bench

  Cards for the machine

• Reference

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  How a request travels through the codebase, the bar a change has to meet, and the interactive API documentation.

  Architecture

  API reference

Frequently needed

• Restore from a backup — put the data back, or rebuild a machine that died
• Sample statuses — every status and what it means
• Maintenance scripts — service guard, resource monitor, db-tools, cleanup, and scheduled tasks