The condition of all specimens in a specific storage location can be
modified at once.
Before you begin
The storage location must not contain any specimens that are part of a pending
shipment.
About this task
There will be occasions when you need to update the condition of all the specimens in
a storage location at once. This might happen, for example, if there was an equipment
failure and all of the specimens in a storage unit were thawed.
Procedure
Click Storage > Stored Specimens from the LDMS menu bar.
Locate the storage item that contains the specimens you want to modify.
If you select a higher-level storage item, such as a storage unit or
storage level, the specimens in all sub-levels and containers will be
modified as well.
From the edit menu to the right of the storage item, click Set condition
code.
Figure: The Edit container menu
The Set Condition Code window will open.
Select the condition code to apply from the Specimen condition
box.
Enter additional information about the specimens into the
Comments box.
Information that is typically included here includes details for specimens that were not
collected, an explanation of a condition, or an explanation of why a specimen is not
available.
Enter additional information about the specimens into the Internal-only
comments box.
Comments entered here are for your laboratory’s use only. These comments will not be
included if the specimen’s information is shipped to another laboratory.
Click the Save button.
Results
The condition code, comments, and internal-only comments for all of the specimens in the
storage location will be updated as you specified.
