A test platform (100, 300, 800) for facilitating the optical interrogation of a liquid test sample, the test platform comprising: a shell (110, 310, 810) defining: a cavity (112a, 312a, 812a) having an open top for receiving a sample tube, wherein the open top of the shell allows a user to visually inspect a sample contained in the sample tube during a testing of the sample; a first aperture (130, 330, 830); and a second aperture (130, 330, 830), wherein the first aperture and the second aperture are each configured to optically couple the cavity with an exterior of the shell; a first window (102, 104, 106, 108, 802, 804, 806, 808); and a second window (102, 104, 106, 108, 802, 804, 806, 808), wherein the first window and second window are each configured to permit the optical coupling of the cavity with the exterior of the shell, wherein the first window and the second window are optically coupled via the cavity, and wherein the shell is configured to prohibit optical coupling between the first window and the second window through the shell, wherein: the first window is embedded in the shell across the first aperture with a permanent affixation between the first window and the shell, such that removal of the first window at least requires damage, plastic deformation, and/or destruction of the first window and/or the shell without requiring or precluding adhesives, wherein the first window is configured to seal the first aperture, and the second window is embedded in the shell across the second aperture with a permanent affixation between the second window and the shell, such that removal of the second window at least requires damage, plastic deformation, and/or destruction of the second window and/or the shell without requiring or precluding adhesives, wherein the second window is configured to seal the second aperture. a shell (110, 310, 810) defining: a cavity (112a, 312a, 812a) having an open top for receiving a sample tube, wherein the open top of the shell allows a user to visually inspect a sample contained in the sample tube during a testing of the sample; a first aperture (130, 330, 830); and a second aperture (130, 330, 830), wherein the first aperture and the second aperture are each configured to optically couple the cavity with an exterior of the shell; a cavity (112a, 312a, 812a) having an open top for receiving a sample tube, wherein the open top of the shell allows a user to visually inspect a sample contained in the sample tube during a testing of the sample; a first aperture (130, 330, 830); and a second aperture (130, 330, 830), wherein the first aperture and the second aperture are each configured to optically couple the cavity with an exterior of the shell; a first window (102, 104, 106, 108, 802, 804, 806, 808); and a second window (102, 104, 106, 108, 802, 804, 806, 808), wherein the first window and second window are each configured to permit the optical coupling of the cavity with the exterior of the shell, wherein the first window and the second window are optically coupled via the cavity, and wherein the shell is configured to prohibit optical coupling between the first window and the second window through the shell, wherein: the first window is embedded in the shell across the first aperture with a permanent affixation between the first window and the shell, such that removal of the first window at least requires damage, plastic deformation, and/or destruction of the first window and/or the shell without requiring or precluding adhesives, wherein the first window is configured to seal the first aperture, and the second window is embedded in the shell across the second aperture with a permanent affixation between the second window and the shell, such that removal of the second window at least requires damage, plastic deformation, and/or destruction of the second window and/or the shell without requiring or precluding adhesives, wherein the second window is configured to seal the second aperture. the first window is embedded in the shell across the first aperture with a permanent affixation between the first window and the shell, such that removal of the first window at least requires damage, plastic deformation, and/or destruction of the first window and/or the shell without requiring or precluding adhesives, wherein the first window is configured to seal the first aperture, and the second window is embedded in the shell across the second aperture with a permanent affixation between the second window and the shell, such that removal of the second window at least requires damage, plastic deformation, and/or destruction of the second window and/or the shell without requiring or precluding adhesives, wherein the second window is configured to seal the second aperture.