Software application for QTS24 test strip

The API (Analytical Profile Index) — a well-established method for bacterial identification to the species level-is a bacterial classification based on biochemical tests On the same grounds, QTS24 test trip (an indigenous gramve test strip) was developed by CESAT for the identification of bacteria organisms which has shown promising comparative results with API[2]. The test strip contains 24 bacterial identification tests which are comparatively more in numbers than API. In QTS24 test strip, the process of bacterial identification is based on the positive and negative laboratory test results of the test strip which can be interpreted by manual interpretation dichotomous elimination tree/key[2] This simplifies the bacterial identification procedure while working with the loads of isolates in the lab. To further aid the interpretation and recording of results, an easy to install windows based software application for QTS-24 Test Strips has been developed. This software application will automate the interpretation dichotomous elimination tree / key technique to further simplify the procedure of working with loads of isolates in the lab. The software application accepts the positives and negative lab results of QTS strip for 27 biochemical tests to identify 75 different organisms of bacteria. QTS software application features include, logging of interpretation results into database, searching of logged results, modification and deletion of logged results. It also features on taking backup of logged result database and restoring the old database of logged results back into software application. Display of 75 nomenclature and percentage positivity and negativity pivot chart is further added to the software application features. The software application is developed in Microsoft Technologies at front and Microsoft SQL Compact database at the backend to store the process results.