Method for operating an automated sample workcell

摘要

A method of operating the automated sample workcell for processing one or more biological samples is presented. The method comprises receiving one or more biological samples. Each biological sample is contained in a sample tube. Each sample tube is a tube type. If a test order was received for at least one of the biological samples, the test order being indicative of one or more first processing steps, the workcell can automatically execute the one or more first processing steps. If the test order was not received, one or more second processing steps can be determined based on the tube type of the sample tube that contains the at least one biological sample and the one or more second processing steps can then be executed.

主权项

1. A method for operating an automated sample workcell for processing one or more biological samples, wherein the workcell comprising a sample input station, the method comprising:
receiving the one or more biological samples by the sample input station, wherein each sample is contained in a sample tube and each sample tube is of a tube type; determining whether a test order was received for the one or more biological samples; operating the automated sample workcell to automatically execute one or more first processing steps on at least one of the biological samples for which a test order was received, wherein the test order specifies the one or more first processing steps for the at least one of the biological samples for which a test order was received; determining the tube type of a sample tube that contains at least one of the biological samples for which a test order was not received; determining one or more second processing steps for the at least one of the biological samples for which a test order was not received based on the tube type of the sample tube that contains the at least one of the biological samples for which the test order was not received, wherein the tube type specifies the one or more second processing steps for the at least one of the biological samples for which a test order was not received; and operating the automated sample workcell to automatically execute the one or more second processing steps on the at least one of the biological samples for which the test order was not received without delay until the test order is received.