Setting up your test directory: lab areas, analyzers and analytes
Build the test directory every other part of Legion Diagnostics relies on: lab areas, the analyzers in them and the analytes each analyzer runs.
The test directory is the first item in the main menu. It holds your lab's catalog in four levels: site group, then lab area, then analyzer, then analyte.
- A site group is one CLIA-licensed site with its street address. You manage site groups, their CLIA details and test complexity in organization settings, on the "Site groups" page.
- A lab area is a lab at that address, such as a core lab, an emergency department lab or a point-of-care lab.
- An analyzer is an instrument in a lab area.
- An analyte is a test run on an analyzer.
Validation studies, quality control, proficiency testing, calibration verification, training authorizations and site staffing all build on these records, so setting them up first saves rework later.
The test directory page
The page lists lab areas with their "Site group", "Subspecialty", "Description" and number of "Analyzers". Click a row (or click "Expand all") to see its analyzers, with "Manufacturer", "Model", "Serial number", "Subspecialty", "Status" and number of "Analytes". Click an analyzer to open its page and manage its analytes.
The lists follow the site group and subspecialty chosen in the bar at the top of the app. Use the search box to find lab areas by name, description or site group.
1. Add a lab area
Click "Actions", then "Add lab area". Pick the "Site group", give the lab area a "Name" (for example "Core lab") and add an optional "Description". A lab area's subspecialties come from the instruments in it.
2. Add an analyzer
Click "Actions", then "Add analyzer", or choose "Add analyzer here" from a lab area's menu. Enter a unique name, then the "Manufacturer" and "Model", the "Serial Number" and the "Subspecialty". Manufacturer and model options come from the Legion Diagnostics platform catalog. Choose "Other" to type your own.
The subspecialty is set once, when the analyzer is created, and cannot be changed afterward.
3. Add analytes
On the analyzer's page, click "Add", then "Single analyte" to pick one from the catalog or enter it by hand, or "Multiple analytes" to add many at once from the catalog or a spreadsheet. See Adding analytes and Importing analytes from a CSV.
Catalog values are copied onto your analyte when you add it. Updates to the platform catalog never change analyzers or analytes you already added.
Archiving and restoring
Lab areas, analyzers and analytes are archived, never deleted. Every archive and restore asks for a reason, which is kept in the audit trail, and shows what else is affected before you confirm.
- Archiving a lab area or analyzer archives everything under it, pauses its scheduled lab operations work and removes that work from my queue.
- Archiving an analyte also archives its manufacturer claims.
- Restoring brings back what was archived with it. Anything archived on its own stays archived.
- A child cannot be restored while its parent is archived.
To see archived records, click "Filters", then "Show archived lab areas" or "Show archived analyzers".