Configuring Automatic Result Release for an Analyte

Result release is the stage at which an operator is happy with a result and wants to pass it on for validation.

Release of a sample scheme analyte can only occur after the sample scheme analyte has a result that is within critical detection limits.

Scheme version analytes are configured for either manual or automatic release.

  • Manual release—The operator manually performs the release of a sample scheme analyte.
  • Automatic release—The system automatically performs the release of a sample scheme analyte.

Result release operates slightly different when a result is entered in context of a laboratory batch job:

  • In context of a production or internal job—Where a scheme version analyte is flagged for automatic release, when a related sample scheme analyte has a result that is within critical detection limits, and the result is entered in context of a production or internal job, then the sample scheme analyte is released automatically.
  • In context of a laboratory batch job—Where a scheme version analyte is flagged for automatic release, when a related sample scheme analyte has a result that is within critical detection limits, and the result is entered within the context of a laboratory batch job, and the LAB_BATCH_MANUAL_RELEASE_RESULTS application preference is cleared, then the sample scheme analyte is released automatically.

Where a sample scheme analyte is not released automatically, it must be released manually.