New shipments
New shipments are created on the Pending Shipments page
The Pending Shipments page shows all data shipments that have been created but not yet sent. This page serves the following purposes:
- Create new shipments
- View or modify shipments that have been created but not yet sent.
- “Ship” a shipment.
Figure: The Pending Shipments page
The term “ship” in LDMS means that all of the specimens you want added to a shipment have been added and it is ready to be sent. When you ship a shipment, you will be prompted to save a shipping data file—this file is the shipment. In addition to sending a physical package of specimens to the receiving laboratory, you will need to provide the laboratory with the shipping data file. This is most commonly done using email, but you could also put the file on a disc or re-writable USB drive and include it with the physical shipment.