Sample Intake (accession &

Sample cups

Paper request

Basic urine workflows in diagnostic labs

Sample flowData flow(accession &

bar code label print/applied)

Bar coded cups

Paper request

or elec requestReports and invoices to

doctors

Data flow

Tube archive2-4 wk – 4°C

Span 8 robots: transfer to &

bar code tubes>250/day

Manual transfer to

tubes<500/day

or

LBar code reader / printer

csv

Tube archive2-4 wk – 4°C

and/orand/or>250/day<500/day

Immunoassay Urinalysis,

LIS

printer

Immunoassay (urine chem and/or

drug screens, markers)

12x75 mm tubes

Urinalysis, microscopy, pregnancy…

16x100mm tubes

ISor

HL7

HL7

HL7 or man entry S

Robot: tube sorter / liquid

handler (pick/aliquot confirm)(same used for blood)

Manual sort drug confirmation

tubes<500/day

csv

HL7

HL7 or csv csv

csv

(same used for blood)<500/day

Span 8 robots: Automated LC/MS/MS

dilute /man SPE or LLE

LC/MS/MS

or

dilutecsv

csvcsv

csv

or

Span 8 robots: Automated SPE or LLE

>50

LC/MS/MSDrug conf and/or

markers

LC/MS/MSw/ online SPE

Drug conf and/or markers

or

csv