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Bika Lab Systems -  web based open source LIMS     v2.0, 17 October 2006, lemoene

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General

Samples

Chemical Analysis
     Requests
     Templates
     Job Cards
     Quotes

Analysis Specifications

Micro-Bio Analysis
     Requests
     Job Cards
Hygiene Surveys
     
Templates
Visual Inspections
Staff Surveys
Cultures and Antibiograms

Orders

MicroB, Order and other Quotes

Invoices

Price Lists

Reports

 

Visual Inspection Requests

Purpose

As for SRs, clients may request visual inspection requests (IR) remotely and may compile the list of areas to be inspected themselves. Alternatively labclerks may do it for them

They do so using an existing inspection template (IT) or build it from scratch

On the date of the survey, the labtechnician prints the IR, and uses it on-site – she captures any data required, ie visual scores, onto the printed IR. The latter functionality can in the future be automated thru the use of PDAs

Back at the lab, inspection results are captured into the system.

Like SRs, IRs go through verification and publication status changes executed by the labmanager

Visual inspection statuses

Due, Inspected, To be verified, Verified, Published

Use case

Role players: client, labclerk, labtechnician, labmanager

the role player navigates to the client’s ‘Visual inspections’  page

or is led to

she clicks [add new]

the same client status checks and workflows are carried out as specified for ARs

SR header properties are put together exactly like for ARs, see paragraph CC results and invoicing of others and the corresponding page in the wire frame model

any existing SR can be saved as survey template (ST) for future use

for the SR to be created from an existing ST, the plant for the survey must be provided since the template contains the survey surfaces areas per site

created from and IT, the IR will have many fields completed, but the role player may edit, add or delete some of the information

she saves the IR

like for ARs a notification of the pending inspection is posted to lab staff: clerks, technicians and managers

the role player to execute the request, prints it and sets off to the plant/farm

she captures data available on-site firstly on paper

and when back at the lab, into the LIMS

the system calculates averages, ratings and interpretations

Role players enter any ad hoc remarks as required

she submits the IR for verification

the labmanager receives a notification to verify or retract the IR

the labmanager retracts, or verifies and publishes the results

once verified, clients see results data

in publication, the results are e-mailed/faxed  to the requestor and her recipient list

the publication includes:

inspection ID

client address & contact details

cc list

inspected by (automatically logged)

order no

the responsible manager

the responsible microbiologist (automatically logged)

date requested (automatically logged)

date/time inspection started

date/time inspection completed

date/time published (automatically logged)

calculates scores

interpretation tables

blobs like:  visual assessment score ratings, hygiene efficiency rating

remarks

Prices and  Price summary, incl.

travel costs

inspection charges

Visual Inspection Templates

Purpose

Visual inspections and assessments at the same client are often only slight alterations of a standard document. To automate this, it is best to keep these inspection templates in the system and allow users to modify them at runtime

Similar to survey templates, inspection templates are also saved in the system per client and plant /farm

Use Case – Creating / Editing an inspection template

Role players : labclerk, labtechnician, labmanager, client

Much like for Surfaces:

the role player selects the areas to be inspected from a list maintained for the client on her pages

she selects an inspection interpretation to be associated with the inspection

she selects any text insertions to be associated with the inspection