Patent ID: 8298498

Claim:
A specimen handling device, comprising: a deck with a plurality of positions defined thereon, the positions including specimen tray positions and processed specimen tray positions, each of the specimen tray positions and processed specimen tray positions including a distinct one of a first set of icons; a plurality of specimen trays, each of said specimen trays is configured to be removably securable to only a specific one of said specimen tray positions on said deck and including a machine readable indicator for uniquely identifying each of the specimen trays, each of the specimen trays including the same distinct one of the first set of icons as the specific one of the specimen tray positions on the deck to which the specimen tray is removably securable; a plurality of processed specimen trays, each of the processed specimen trays being removably securable to a specific one of the processed specimen tray positions on the deck and including a machine readable indicator for uniquely identifying each of the processed specimen trays, each of the processed specimen trays including the same distinct one of the first set of icons as the specific one of the processed specimen trays positions on the deck to which the processed specimen tray is removably securable; and at least one specimen receptacle on each of said specimen trays and the processed specimen trays, each of said specimen receptacles adapted to contain a specimen.