Laboratory instrumentation information management and control network
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1. A method for identifying samples processed in a laboratory using harmonized identifiers, the method comprising:
- determining a case identifier identifying a patient from whom a specimen is collected;
determining a specimen identifier associated with the specimen;
recording in a data store an entry for the specimen, the entry being associated with the case identifier and the specimen identifier;
forming a harmonized specimen identifier including the case identifier and the specimen identifier; and
labeling the specimen with the harmonized specimen identifier.
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Described are techniques for identifying samples processed in a laboratory using harmonized identifier. A case identifier identifying a patient from whom a specimen is collected is determined. A specimen identifier associated with the specimen is determined. An entry for the specimen is recorded in a data store where the entry being associated with the case identifier and the specimen identifier. A harmonized specimen identifier including the case identifier and the specimen identifier is formed. The specimen is labeled with the harmonized specimen identifier.
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1. A method for identifying samples processed in a laboratory using harmonized identifiers, the method comprising:
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determining a case identifier identifying a patient from whom a specimen is collected; determining a specimen identifier associated with the specimen; recording in a data store an entry for the specimen, the entry being associated with the case identifier and the specimen identifier; forming a harmonized specimen identifier including the case identifier and the specimen identifier; and labeling the specimen with the harmonized specimen identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of automating information associated with biological specimens processed in a laboratory comprising the steps of:
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performing accessioning for one or more specimens, said accessioning including entering case information communicated to a server, the case information identifying a patient from whom the one or more specimens are obtained; determining a case identifier for the case information; recording data on the server associating the case identifier with the case information and the one or more specimens; determining a different specimen identifier for each of the one or more specimens; recording data associating the different specimen identifier with each of the one or more specimens; and labeling each of the one or more specimens with a harmonized specimen identifier, the harmonized specimen identifier for each specimen being formed from the case identifier and the different specimen identifier associated with said each specimen. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of tracking specimens and samples derived from the specimens in a laboratory comprising:
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determining one or more checkpoint notification times associated with a specimen, each of said checkpoint notification times being associated with a workflow processing point in the laboratory; recording the one or more checkpoint notification times and associating the one or more checkpoint notification times with the specimen; labeling said specimen and each sample derived from a specimen with a machine readable label including information encoded thereon used for identifying said specimen and each sample derived from said specimen; as part of processing at a workflow processing point in the laboratory, reading the machine readable label and recording tracking information associated with one of the specimen or said each sample derived therefrom having the machine readable label, said tracking information including data identifying said workflow processing point and a time at which said one of the specimen or said each sample derived therefrom is at said workflow processing point; determining whether a checkpoint notification is associated with the workflow processing point for said specimen; if a checkpoint notification and checkpoint notification time are associated with the workflow processing point for said specimen and the checkpoint notification time has not arrived, recording information so that a checkpoint notification communication is not generated at the checkpoint notification time; and if a checkpoint notification and checkpoint notification time are associated with the workflow processing point for said specimen and the checkpoint notification time arrives prior to tracking information associated with the workflow processing point being entered, generating a checkpoint notification communication. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method for generating a harmonized identifier for a sample entity processed in a laboratory comprising:
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determining a node corresponding to the sample entity at a position in a hierarchical representation, each level of the hierarchical representation being associated with a workflow processing point in the laboratory, said hierarchical representation having a root node and a path formed from said root node to said node, said root node corresponding to a case identifier associated with a patient from whom the sample entity is obtained; determining a data identifier for each node in the path other than the root node, the path including two or more nodes, each node other than the root node being associated with another sample entity from which the sample entity is obtained; and forming a harmonized identifier for the sample entity by combining the case identifier and each data identifier associated with a node in the path other than the root node. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for identifying a slide processed in a laboratory, the method comprising:
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determining a first identifier associated with a specimen, the first identifier including a first portion denoting a source of the specimen and a year in which the specimen is obtained, and the first identifier including a second portion denoting a next integer in a sequence; determining a second identifier for a tissue block derived from the specimen, the second identifier being one or more alphanumeric characters; determining a third identifier for the slide having a tissue section thereon cut from the tissue block; forming a slide identifier for the slide by concatenating the first identifier, the second identifier and the third identifier; recording in a data store an entry for the slide, the entry being associated with the slide identifier; and labeling the slide with the slide identifier encoded in a machine readable form. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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