Single Sample COA

Bika publishes COAs using templates configure to lab requirement. This example covers a single sample COA following ISO 17025 guidelines


To use this COA template, please install the bika.coa add-on. Single sample COA PDF example. Multi sample COA The COA is laid out in different sections: Header Unique COA IDs. More than one COA may be issued for the same Sample, say for provisional publication of early results and republication when all results are available. For this reason Bika COAs have unique IDs to refer to them correctly. The ID is prominently displayed in the COA header COA IDs are generated by including a sequential postfix to the Sample ID and prefixing it with the clients ID for lab staff to easily reference the COA's sample The rest of the header is laid out business letter style, the lab's logo and If it is accredited, their accreditation logo are displayed in the top right corner of the document. Per regulation the accreditation logo is smaller than the lab logo The Client address references the Client Contact who requested the Analyses and to whom the COA is mailed Sample Summary All the Sample Identification, descriptive attributes and transition dates are listed here The image uploaded as an attachment to the Sample, during Sample registration or later, may be included The Sample and Batch IDS are hyperlinked through to the LIMS, and the client may look them up online (after logging on) PDF Bika LIMS ISO 17025 ready single sample COA	Results table Results are presented per Analysis Category. If the lab is accredited, all accredited analyses are indicated by an icon If a result’s Method is subcontracted, it is indicated with the Supplier icon If the Analysis has lower and upper detention limits (LDL, UDL) configured, and the result value is smaller that the LDL, the results itself is not displayed, but ‘< LDL’, e.g. < 0.05. Ditto for values bigger than the UDL, ‘> UDL’, e.g. > 125.00 If it has a Measure of Uncertainty configured, the uncertainty value is calculated and displayed with a ‘±’ sign in the column just to the right of the value If the Analysis has a Specification applied to it, the valid range is printed in the next column Date Analysed is the Date on which the Analysis’ results was were captured Results Interpretation Currently, results Interpretations are captured on Samples on General tabs and per Lab department and included on the COA Signatories The managers of the departments where the analyses were processed are listed as signatories. as well as the user who published the COA End of Report. Footer ISO 17025 requires the COA to indicate a clear End of Report. It is followed by a Footer containing further terms and conditions Page numbers All pages are numbered in the format Page number of Total pages, e.g. Page 1 of 5, Page 2 of 5, etc.

To use this COA template, please install the bika.coa add-on.

Single sample COA

PDF example. Multi sample COA

The COA is laid out in different sections:

Header

Bika LIMS COA header

Unique COA IDs. More than one COA may be issued for the same Sample, say for provisional publication of early results and republication when all results are available. For this reason Bika

COAs have unique IDs to refer to them correctly. The ID is prominently displayed in the COA header

COA IDs are generated by including a sequential postfix to the Sample ID and prefixing it with the clients ID for lab staff to easily reference the COA's sample

The rest of the header is laid out business letter style, the lab's logo and If it is accredited, their accreditation logo are displayed in the top right corner of the document. Per regulation the accreditation logo is smaller than the lab logo

The Client address references the Client Contact who requested the Analyses and to whom the COA is mailed

Sample Summary

All the Sample Identification, descriptive attributes and transition dates are listed here

The image uploaded as an attachment to the Sample, during Sample registration or later, may be included

The Sample and Batch IDS are hyperlinked through to the LIMS, and the client may look them up online (after logging on)

PDF Bika LIMS ISO 17025 ready single sample COA

Results table

Results are presented per Analysis Category. If the lab is accredited, all accredited analyses are indicated by an icon

If a result’s Method is subcontracted, it is indicated with the Supplier icon

If the Analysis has lower and upper detention limits (LDL, UDL) configured, and the result value is smaller that the LDL, the results itself is not displayed, but ‘< LDL’, e.g. < 0.05. Ditto for values bigger than the UDL, ‘> UDL’, e.g. > 125.00

Bika Open Source LIMS COA results table 1

If it has a Measure of Uncertainty configured, the uncertainty value is calculated and displayed with a ‘±’ sign in the column just to the right of the value

BikaOpen Source LIMS COA results out of range

If the Analysis has a Specification applied to it, the valid range is printed in the next column

Date Analysed is the Date on which the Analysis’ results was were captured

Results Interpretation

Currently, results Interpretations are captured on Samples on General tabs and per Lab department and included on the COA

Bika Open Source LIMS COA Results interpretation

Signatories

The managers of the departments where the analyses were processed are listed as signatories. as well as the user who published the COA

Bika Open Source LIMS COA Signatories

End of Report. Footer

ISO 17025 requires the COA to indicate a clear End of Report. It is followed by a Footer containing further terms and conditions

Bika Open Source LIMS COA Footer

Page numbers

All pages are numbered in the format Page number of Total pages, e.g. Page 1 of 5, Page 2 of 5, etc.