QC Failure Workflow

Retract or Reject. Retest

When an Out of Range (OOR), result is captured for a Control or Blank Sample, the LIMS raises an alert

QC Control Analysis out of range in Bika Open Source LIMS / Senaite

The user is not allowed to capture any of the routine results after such failure, also those included in the same Worksheet, and the LIMS enforces this, also displaying a warning Some analyses use out-of-date or uncalibrated instruments. Results edition not allowed

Warning in Bika Open Source LIMS - Uncalibrated Instrument

If configured, it will also take the instrument used off-line until it passes new QC results successfully

Users are also warned that Analysis results still due, cannot be analysed on the off-line instrument, and may re-assign them on their Worksheets or Manage results tabs

Instrument / Analysis Warning in Bika Open Source LIMS / Senaite

Analyses on Worksheets that fail QC can retracted to be repeated, either using a different Instrument, manual Method or recalibrating the instrument until it succeeds with QC samples

Recalibrate the Instrument

See the page How To bring an instrument back on line after failing QC

It entails physically fixing the instruments and retesting it with Control Samples. When it passes those tests, the LIMS will allow routine results to be captured with it