9 Product/Analysis Specifications

Setting up valid ranges for Analysis results per Sample Type or Product. Any result outside of the range specified, raises alerts

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Analysis Specifications

Product specifications for analytical services offered by your lab are listed as Analysis Specifications and are configured per Sample type by lab managers

Client's own Specifications

The same functionality is available to clients to may maintain their own specifications. When creating new Analysis Requests, users select which Specification of valid results ranges to apply

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Configuring Specifications

Navigate to Analysis Specifications in the LIMS setup and click Add. Select which Sample Type or Product the Specification applies to and give the new Specification a corresponding name. Labs might have say different specifications for different export markets for the same Product or Sample Type

On the Valid range tab, enter the

Min, Max allowable valid results range
Min and Max warn for values outside the valid range, but within allowable uncertainty or tolerance limits

Results within this shoulder range will raise a less severe alert

Configuring Analysis and Product Specifications in Bika | Senaite

Comments can be capture for each specification

Selecting Specifications for Samples

When a Sample Type / Product is selected on the Sample registration form, available Specifications are available for the user to select from

NB. The restriction on the sample registration has been removed recently, one can use the same spec for any Sample Type, and the Sample Type is now only used to differentiate where it really matters, the alcohol percentage in wine and brandy say, and the system relies on the user to select the correct specification