Patent ID: 8455257

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for testing a specimen, wherein the testing is conducted at a service site using a testing device, wherein the program instructs a processor to perform the steps of: enable entry of donor and client information into a database accessible by a host computer; enable a site attendant to access at least one of said donor and client information at a local computer remote from said host computer, wherein said local computer is located at the service site; receive information identifying a machine readable identifier associated with a specimen container; receive information associated with a test of the specimen, wherein the test is performed at the service site using the testing device, wherein the specimen is deposited by the donor into the specimen container and at the service site; associate the machine readable identifier of the specimen container with an electronic chain of custody form to positively associate the deposited specimen with the donor; enable electronic communication of the machine readable identifier to the host computer, wherein the communication is conducted across a communications network; enable uploading from the testing device and to the host computer remote from the service site a test result associated with the test specimen and obtained from the testing device, wherein the uploading is conducted across a communications network; generate the electronic chain of custody form that controls a chain of custody procedure for the specimen; and receive an electronic signature of the donor indicative of the donor's handwritten signature applied by the donor to an electronic signature pad.