9 Product Specifications

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 maintain their own specifications. When creating new Analysis Requests, users select which Specification of valid results ranges to apply

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 different specifications for different export markets for the same Product

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

Comments can be captured 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

Sample Specifications vs Publication Specifications

Sometimes labs have to publish the same results to different clients in different export markets using disimilar specifications. The user may select a Publication Specification in these cases, and it'll override the original Sample Specifications

Results out of Range

Results outside of the selected specification are highlighted on their views in Worksheets, Samples and COAs

In the lab, staff may then take measures such as entering re-testing workflows

Results Options for alerts on text outcomes

For Example, Salmonella with outcomes, Negative, Positive or Indeterminable

Set up with corresponding numerical values of -1, +1 or 0, its specification can be configured to fail for < 1

On an Analysis Specification page: 

A Positive will raise an alert