|
Samples in the wire frame here
Labs may create multiple ARs per sample, be it separate ARs for
chemical and MB analyses, additional or re-tests
Since a sample can be intended for both Chemical and MicroB analyses,
no separate prefixes are used for sample serial numbers. All samples
are numbered sequentially with the same prefix, ie S06-00187
99% Of samples will however remain in a 1 – 1 relationship
to ARs. I suggest Sample records be created automatically per AR
and having the same serial number as the AR but with a different
prefix, See Prefixes
Sample records are created when a request for analyses on the sample
is created
Use case: When an chemical analysis request is created,
it is ID’d as CAR-00001. The sample ID S06-00001 is created
for the sample
If the user wants to create an AR for an existing sample on the
db that was ID’d when an earlier AR was created, she is offered
a select facility similar to that used currently to find e-mail
addresses on the system for emailing query results
For the above sample S-00001 the system then produces an ID MBAR-00001
for its MB analysis request
Problems remain – how to number secondary ARs requested for
re-tests and additional tests on a previously ID’d sample?
Is it possible to concatenate another serial section to the number?
ie, after the initial CAR-00001, later CARs requested for the same
sample are numbered CAR-00001b, CAR-0001c etc (doubt whether this
will go down to 26 …) |