| 1.4 General functional requirements
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| 1.4.1 General
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| a. Tracks status and workflow of the accession throughout the laboratory lifecycle, from submission to final analysis, including receiving, diagnostic testing, diagnostic test result reporting, and billing
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| b. System supports barcoded specimen labeling and tracking
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| c. System supports multiple customer payment sources (e.g. grants}
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| d. System can track current status of diagnostic tests in an accession
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| e. System contains spell-check dictionary that allows authorized users to add, edit, or remove entries
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| f. LIMS includes system administration ability to reset user passwords
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| g. LIMS can interface with or import existing data
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| h. LIMS can be configured to meet the characteristics of the laboratory
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| i. Optional comprehensive set of test codes suitable for use by the purchasing facility
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| j. Vendor provides a support schedule for the implementation process, including optional levels
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| k. Vendor can detail the amount of time and staff that purchaser will have to provide for the implementation process
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| l. Vendor can explain function and availability of additional support capabilities
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| m. System capable of storing multiple sample-related objects such as pictures, documents, PDF files, etc., including any instrument-generated format outputs from equipment
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| n. System capable of storing sample comments, special information fields which are project- or sample-specific, user defined fields, data objects like scanned chain of custodies and digital photos of such items as sample events, bitmaps, movies, .wav audio files, and Word documents
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| o. User able to store object files such as pictures from microscopes, GCMS scans of peaks, or even raw data files from instrument runs for later processing
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| p. LIMS provides non-LIMS trained personnel access to the LIMS data via a simple Windows-type browser interface which permits the display of data from sample points, projects, or user-defined queries
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| q. System provides for application-based security by limiting external users to functions they are password-privileged to perform
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| r. System provides sample tracking from login through final reporting and invoicing
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