Maintaining a Reference Lab

The Lab Summary contains all the information currently recorded for the lab. To access the Lab Summary component, click the Lab link in the Reference Data component, and then click the Lab ID for the lab you want to view.

The component opens on the General tab, which allows you to view or change the following information:

Click in a field and add, change, or delete information as required.

To record a remark, first select the type of remark from the Type field, then enter explanatory text in the Remarks text box. To delete a newly added remark, click the Delete button to the right of the remark. You can delete a saved remark by clicking the Mark for Deletion button. You can undo the mark for deletion by clicking the Undo button.

When you are finished making changes, click the Save button. The system displays a message to confirm that your changes were saved in the database.

To maintain additional information for the lab, click the following tabs:

Qualifications	Click this tab to maintain lab testing and sampling qualifications (see Maintaining Lab Qualifications).
Test Equipment	Click this tab to view a list of test equipment for this lab (see Viewing Test Equipment for a Lab).
Lab Testers	Click this tab to maintain the testers assigned to this lab (see Maintaining Lab Testers).
Lab Samplers	Click this tab to maintain samplers assigned to this lab (see Maintaining Lab Samplers).
Lab Calibrators	Click this tab to maintain calibrators assigned to this lab (see Maintaining Lab Calibrators).
Addresses	Click this tab to maintain addresses for this lab (see Maintaining Lab Addresses).

To add a new reference lab, select Add New from the Actions menu on the Lab Summary component header. The system takes you to the Add Lab component. See Adding a Reference Lab.

To mark a reference lab as a destination lab or lab unit, click the Destination Lab Quick link. The system takes you to the Destination Lab Overview component. See Maintaining Destination Labs.