Receiving Samples at a Destination Lab

Note: Receive Sample at Destination Lab is only included in the Materials component if your agency has configured the system to use list components for test queues instead of worksheets. If your agency uses worksheets, see Using the Worksheet to Receive Samples at a Destination Lab.

The Receive Sample at Destination Lab component enables you to review the list of samples and mark them as received at one or more destination labs as needed.

The component lists sample records that have a sample status of Logged, Received at Destination Lab, Received at Lab Unit, or In Testing. Sample records are not included in this list if all of the lab units for all the sample record tests are set to have samples bypass the destination lab. Samples that do not bypass the destination lab remain in the list until they are marked as received at all of the parent destination labs for the lab units with which the sample record tests are associated.

If your system is configured to use list components for test queues, you can access the Receive Sample at Destination Lab component by clicking the Receive Sample At Destination Lab link in the Materials component.

You can locate a sample by typing criteria in the Quick Find search box. You can also enter a value in the Destination Lab field to filter the list to show only those samples associated with the specified destination lab that have not yet been marked as received at that destination lab.

Each sample row displays values in these fields:

Sample ID

Sample Date

To mark one or more sample records as received at a destination lab, first specify the destination lab in the Receive at Destination Lab field. Next, click the row for each sample record you want to mark as being received at the selected destination lab. The system adds a check mark at the beginning of the row to indicate it is selected. When you are finished, click the Mark as Received button. The system marks the selected sample records as received at the destination lab and displays a message to confirm that your changes were saved.

When you mark a sample record as received, the system changes the sample record sample status. If the lab unit associated to the sample record's tests is set up so that sample records must be received at the lab unit, the system changes the sample status to Received at Destination Lab. If the lab unit is set up so that sample records bypass the lab unit, the system changes the sample status to Received at Lab Unit, and enters the current date in the Received field on the Enter Test Results component.

Note: Whenever a sample record test status is changed, the system checks for the presence of a matching alternate test workflow. If one is found, the system changes the test status to the status indicated by the alternate test workflow. See Maintaining Alternate Test Workflows for more information.