Sample Point Location Feature sponsored by HydroChem Australia

23 Jun 2022, Cape Town

Background

In some lab disciplines it makes sense to group Sample Points - the places where samples are taken - together per Location for easier management and reporting

This function is important for labs managing many Clients and their Sample Points. For example in water quality management where a client location, say a building, industrial facility or town, may have a number of points where samples are collected

It also has applications in healthcare - sample points on a patient's body with Location 'At home', 'Clinic' etc. and further afield in Tribology labs, monitoring machinery condition via samples taken from a number of Sample Points

Sponsors

Melbourne Industrial Water Treatment Services company HydroChem, is sponsoring this functionality, among others, as a Senaite add-on. It will be translated to HydroChem’s application, Client Locations and their 'Systems' sampled, e.g. condensers or cooling systems at a hospital as Location

Each location has a manager, a contact at the client, who is copied in outgoing results COAs for that Location

HydroChem 

Industry-leading HydroChem functions nationwide in Australia with offices in all states offering services in various industry sectors, Construction, Mining and Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Power & Petrochemical and Steel, Metals & Plastics

Established in 1977, it holds accreditation in three areas of Quality, ISO 9001:2008; Occupational Health and Safety; AS/NZS 4801:2001 and Environmental Management, AS/NZS 14001:2001

HydroChem Services include Legionella Risk Management, Corrosion & Scale Prevention, Raw, Boiler and Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse

LIMS Implementation

It is expected that the introduction of LIMS will significantly improve turnaround times for water treatment and preventative actions, and make reporting and administration easier

In a further customisation, the LIMS Client and Location data will be kept in sync with updates from the company's CRM

With the intended customisations, HydroChem will acquire a near perfect LIMS fit to requirements, something not that easily achieved in closed source proprietary LIMS

Much Appreciated

The Bika Team gives thanks to HydroChem for this valuable contribution to the project. Publicly releasing the code will see it mature and hopefully expanded

Collaboration

The feature will be coded by Bika Lab Systems, Cape Town. Contributors coding on similar or other functions and interested in collaboration, please get in touch

Github senaite.locations