| 摘要 |
A system, method, and computer program that may used to more quickly, accurately, and efficiently identify, catalog, and track human assay samples and create documentation with respect to the human assay samples. The computer program and method include the steps of: storing donor information in a donor information database accessible by a computer; storing client information in a client information database accessible by the computer; retrieving client information necessary to determine a type of test to be performed on a specimen; storing collection facility information in a collection facility database accessible by the computer; administering a human analyte test using the computer program to guide a collector of the specimen and identify problematic exceptions; receiving the test result electronically and storing the result in a test result database accessible by the computer; and permitting the client, Medical Review Officer, and other authorized persons to electronically access the test result via a communications network. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system for assisting an entity in tracking the custody and control of a human analyte specimen provided by a donor, wherein the specimen is stored in a container assigned with a unique identifier, the system comprising:
an electronic testing device for testing the human analyte specimen provided by the donor; an electronic signature reader for receiving a handwritten signature from the donor and converting the handwritten signature to a digital form; and one or more processors associated with one or more computers, the one or more processors configured for executing a computer program operable to perform the steps of:
receive, from an employer, information identifying the donor, wherein the employer is requesting that a test be performed on the human analyte specimen provided by the donor, and the donor is either an employee or a candidate for employment with the employer;store the information identifying the donor in a donor database;receive, from an employer, information identifying the employer and at least one test requested by the employer to be performed on the specimen;store the information identifying the employer and the at least one test in an employer database;enable a collector associated with a collection facility to access the information identifying the donor from the donor database and the information identifying the employer and the at least one test requested by the employer from the employer database;receive information identifying the unique identifier assigned with the specimen container,wherein the information identifying the unique identifier is initially received by the program via scanning the unique identifier assigned with the specimen container or inputting the unique identifier assigned with the specimen container into the program;subsequent to receiving the information identifying the unique identifier assigned with the specimen container, associating a computer-generated, forensically-defensible Custody and Control Form (CCF) that identifies the donor with the unique identifier assigned with the specimen container, such that the CCF is identified, for a first time, with the unique identifier assigned with the specimen container;wherein said associating the CCF using the unique identifier assigned with the specimen container occurs subsequent to said receiving the information identifying the unique identifier assigned with the specimen container,wherein the CCF is electronically available to the entity via an application accessible via a communications network;populate the CCF with the at least some of the information identifying the donor, wherein said step of populating the CCF includes importing the at least some of the information identifying the donor from the donor database; |
