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3.6 Calculations: Lab managers configure the lab's analysis results Calculations without programmer intervention using standard arithmetic operations +, -, *, / and more advanced percentages, square roots, exponentiation, and logarithmic functions to derive results from dependent analyses and interim fields
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Table of Contents
Introduction to Bika Health: All of the Bika | Senaite 'LIMS' functionality described up to here in the manual, is inherited by Bika Health. LIMS Batches become Clinical Cases per Patient disease event, Clients become Referring Institutions and Patients and Doctors are added
3.8.4 Configuring Sample and AR attributes: Senaite LIMS provides a host of Sample and Analysis attributes not used by all labs, even in the same discipline. Selwct and order the ones your lab requires
3.8 Analysis Services: Setting up Analysis Services - the tests offered by the lab to its clients, their Methods and parameters
3.8.1 Description and Analysis tabs: Setting up Analysis Services - In more details on the AS Analysis tab
3.8.3 Methods and Instruments: Setting up Analysis Services - Methods and Instruments
3.12 Filtering by Department: In big laboratories with specialised departments, e.g. public health care, Analysts and Department Managers can be give exclusive access to their own work areas only, and reduce clutter and interference by irrelevant infotoxin
3.10 Product Specifications. QC: Setting up valid ranges for Analysis results per Sample Type. Any result outside of the range specified, raises alerts
3.8.2 Measure of Uncertainty. Results Options: Setting up Analysis Services - the tests offered by the lab to its clients, their Methods and parameters
3.3 LIMS Setup: Before diving deeper, and ignoring trivial setup items, the main workflow items and global defaults
3.2 Order of Configuration: The configuration items are not necessarily discussed in the best sequence for setting the LIMS up, e.g. to correctly configure the Analysis Services the lab offers, you'll need the Lab departments, Methods, Instruments, Calculations, etc. to be populated first. This page tables the order in which to structure the systematic configuration
3.5 Sample Points and Types, Containers, Preservation: Leading up to the Analysis Services the lab offers, all their dependents - Methods, Instruments, Specifications, containers etc
3.4 Lab Users. Groups: How to manage and administer lab and client user roles

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