Logging a sample

You log a sample when you send it off, so the record exists from the start rather than being filled in once the result arrives.

Who can do this

This needs the Member role.

Logging, editing, and deleting samples is open to any member who is not a viewer. Viewers can see the list but cannot change it.

Log a sample

1. On the Lab samples page, choose Log a sample to open the form.
2. Enter the Sample type (required), for example tissue, water, or fish.
3. Choose a Source, where the sample came from: Own survey, Partner, Watercraft inspection, or Wildlife disease.
4. Fill in any of the optional details: a Sample code (an external or lab identifier), the Lab, the Method, the Analyst, and the dates it was Collected on and Received on.
5. If the source is Partner, choose the Submitting organization and the Waterbody it came from. If it is Watercraft inspection, choose the Inspection station and enter the Watercraft registration, Vessel origin, and Vessel origin state.
6. Add Notes if there is anything worth recording.
7. Save. The sample appears in the list in Received status.

The Submitting organization and Inspection station come from your labs and partners directory, and the Waterbody comes from your locations, so they stay consistent. The Lab, Method, and Analyst fields are still free text.

Linking a sample to a survey record

A sample can be tied to the survey record it came from, which keeps the specimen and its field observation together. That link is available through the API today and is not yet a field in this form, so for now samples logged here stand on their own.

Related

• The status pipeline
• Recording a result