Patent ID: 9020624
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing results of an analysis process on samples handled in a laboratory, the method which comprises the steps of: defining workflow steps to be performed in a laboratory including machines performing an analysis process on samples, and defining respective workflow executing software for implementing the workflow steps in the laboratory; generating for each of the samples, a sample record including results of the workflow steps as the samples are handled in the laboratory and a respective status; defining an event manager for managing a transition from an actual status to a new status in the sample record according to the results of the workflow steps, the event manager being individually programmable apart from the respective workflow executing software; defining for the event manager a customized number of statuses linked to the workflow steps and for each transition a customizable set of rules delivering check results; and executing in parallel the analysis process performed by the machines on the samples, the respective workflow execution software and the event manager, thereby assigning the respective status to the sample record depending on the check results derived from an execution of the customizable set of rules; wherein the customizable set of rules checks a content of the sample record against predefined thresholds; and wherein the step of checking the customizable set of rules against predefined thresholds further includes deciding whether an entry is present within a distinct record field of the sample record or not.