Patent ID: 9018015
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B01L,G01N,G06K,G06Q,G16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium have a computer program stored thereon for securing a chain of custody of a specimen of a donor, said computer program when executed by a processor operable to perform the following steps: receive, via the processor, information identifying the donor; receive, via the processor, information identifying a specimen container associated with the donor, wherein the information identifying the specimen container comprises machine-readable indicia located on the specimen container, wherein the specimen container includes an assaying device for generating a test result of the specimen, wherein the specimen container includes a tamper evident seal operable to indicate that the assaying device has been tampered with once the seal is sealed; associate, via the processor, an electronic chain of custody document with the donor; receive, via the processor and from an electronic signature pad, a digital representation of the donor's signature as executed on the electronic signature pad; and associate, via the processor, the donor's signature, as received on the electronic signature pad, with the donor's electronic chain of custody document.