1.2. Lab Manual · Conventions

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This manual describes Bika LIMS 2 use from the view of the lab personnel. A separate manual is made available to Lab clients

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Users, groups and roles are discussed fully under Bika System Setup

Lingo · In the context of this manual:

• The plural for 1 analysis is many analyses. An analysis is a spesific test, say pH,  on a sample, or 'analysis service' offered by the lab
• A lab technician is the staff member doing the analyses, some labs call them analysts
• An Analysis Request is the collection tests/analyses requested by the client to be carried out on a Sample by the laboratory. See Samples = Analysis Requests
• Some labs call worksheets, jobcards
• Text in square brackets indicates push buttons, eg [Submit]
• Text between vertical lines indicates navigational tabs, eg | Home |
  

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Lemoene Smit · Anneline Sweetnam · Joris Goudriaan

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