4.5. Capturing results

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Manual analysis results capture

Per single Analysis Request. Most labs will prefer capturing results per worksheet, but this single sample case is used here to explain the concept

Once an analysis request is in in the lab  status, results may be entered. For those analyses for which titration is required, the titration volume and titration factor is captured, and the result is automatically calculated as the product of these. For all other analyses, the result is captured directly into the results column.

Click on the |manage results| subtab. The [submit results] button saves the results which have been entered

Analysis request manage results

Minimum and maximum values, and uncertainty values have been set up for each test in the bika setup -> Analysis Services area. See Analysis Services section

A result which falls outside of the acceptable range is highlighted in red

The result is used to find the uncertainty value for this analysis which is shown in the +/- column

Result out of range highlighted

Those analyses for which results have been entered are changed to To be verified status, while the analysis request as a whole becomes To be verified once results have been submitted for each of its component tests

Client contacts may not manage results nor see them until
they have been verified  

Foss Instrument interface results capturing

Analysis results obtained from the Foss WineScan can be imported into the standard Bika Wine system and the interface easily be customised for other instruments

The mean values as recorded by the WineScan are uploaded as comma delimited file,  .csv, files. The name of the analyses as identified by the WineScan must be set up in the Bika Analysis Services configuration. See the Analysis Services section

The lab tegnician clicks on the |import winescan| tab and is prompted to enter the name of the data file, or may browse the computer to locate the file. Click on the [import] button to load the results data into the system

Import WineScan data

The request numbers are matched to the analysis requests in the system, in in the lab and assigned status, and the results entered. Data not matched are reported in an import log displayed

WineScan import log, showing that unrequested results Steriel (Sterile), Reducing Sugar (rs) and Total Acidity (ta) were not requested by the client but uploaded

The Foss delivers a complete set of analyses for every sample, regardless of whether the client has requested it or not. The values which were not requested are written to the database, but flagged as ‘not requested’

Should a client require this data, it can easily be published off the database without having to re do the sample. Described next

Results not requested

Unrequested results are not visible to clients or to lab personnel other than the lab manager. The unrequested results are viewed by the lab manager at the |results not requested| subtab

Analysis Request – results not requested

The lab manager may release these results should the client request them, by clicking on the [verify] button, which moves that test, and its verified result into the requested results area

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