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LDMS
13.13.0
for Windows
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Getting started
About
Frontier Science
About
LDMS
Migrating from Windows to web versions
System requirements
Getting LDMS Installed
Upgrading to the Latest version of LDMS
Setting up an LDMS Client-Server Environment
Challenge codes
Logging into LDMS for the First Time
Acknowledgement of training
Changing Users
Date and Time in LDMS
Setting Up a Printer for LDMS
Finding Your Way Around
Keyboard Usage
Getting Help
Patient management
Adding a new participant
Finding and Modifying Participant Information
Merging Participants
Using OPID
Specimen Management
Specimen Identifiers
Entering a New Specimen
Understanding the Specimen Management screen
The Patient Grid
The Primary Grid
The Aliquot Grid
Preloads: Templates for expected collections
Using Preloads
Defining Preloads
What are condition codes
Procedural conditions
Specimen container conditions
Temperature conditions
Shipping conditions
Qualitative conditions
Quantitative conditions
Other conditions
Correcting data
Example corrections
Correcting an ID1 for a Specimen
Correcting specimen information (other than ID1)
Documenting specimens processed or frozen outside an expected window
Doing other things with aliquots
Finding Aliquots After Logging Them
Using Never Store
Marking Aliquots for Shipment
Assigning an Assay to Aliquots
Re-printing Labels
Entering special types of specimens
Creating Anonymized Specimens
Adding Bulk VQA Records
Pharmacology Specimens
Pharmacology Controls
Culture Derivative
Astro Numbered Specimen
Entering Reagent Information
Storage
The LDMS Storage Hierarchy
Getting around Storage Management
Defining a storage system
Defining a Freezer Configuration
Defining Containers and Levels
Modifying and Deactivating Containers and Levels
Storing Dried Blood Spot Cards
Creating a storage system
Adding and removing Freezers
Assigning storage locations using Bulk Add
Assigning storage locations using a barcode scanner
Bulk Add options
Removing a specimen from storage
Maintaining storage
The Storage Structure List Explained
Adding Levels and Containers to a Freezer
Modifying All the Specimens in a Container
Shipping a Storage Unit
How LDMS Storage Handles Shipped Specimens
Moving and Re-arranging Stored Items
Finding Specimens in Storage
Storage Reports
Storage Change Log (Transactions)
Locating Specimens not in Storage
Shipping
Preparing shipments
Creating a New Shipment
Finding Containers to Ship
Finding Specimens to Ship
Selecting a Shipment Destination
Setting up the Shipping Container
Performing Quality Control on a Shipment
Viewing and Modifying Shipments
Correcting shipment problems
Shipping file with an incorrect shipment date
Error with shipment destination
Discrepancy between expected and received shipment
Lost or Unsatisfactory Shipment
Important Shipment Reports
Supported shipping file formats
CSV shipping files
Cross-LIMS shipping files
SeraCare shipping files.
Sending a Shipment
Creating SeraCare shipping files
Importing received shipment
Importing a Shipment from an LDMS Laboratory
Text Shipping File
Removing a Received Shipment
Compatibility with LDMS for the web
Reports
LDMS as a Database Front-end
Running LDMS's Built-in Reports
Using Crystal Reports® Viewer
Running Custom Data Retrieval Reports
Descriptions of Built-in Reports
Admin Reports
Anon Reports
ATN Reports
Culture Reports
Exportable Reports
Exports Reports
Immunology Reports
IQA Reports
Miscellaneous Reports
MT-2 Results Reports
P24 Antigen Reports
Patient Summary Reports
PK (Pharmacology) Reports
PHIA reports
Preload Reports
RNA PCR Reports
RNA Reports
RPID Reports
Shipping Reports
Specimen Management Reports
Storage Reports
VTN Reports
WIHS Reports
ZEBES Reports
Labels
Advanced Label Printing
Creating a New Label Format
Setting the Default Label Size and Format
Barcodes
Setting the Printer Used to Generate Labels and Reports
Printing Test Labels
Assays
Running an assay means reading data
Supported assays
Managing assay runs
Assigning assays to specimens
Assigning assays to specimens
Pending assay report
Assay Selection tab
Creating a new assay run
Specimen Thaw Count
Adding Specimens and Controls not Logged into LDMS
Opening a saved, incomplete run
Generating Layout Reports
Reviewing Assay Results After They Have Been Read
Censor Codes
Correcting Errors in Assay Runs
Controls with OD Ratio Failure
Modifying Dilution and Recalculating
Out of Sequence Errors
Virology assays
Abbott Realtime and COBAS TaqMan
Abbott SARS-COV-2 Quant
COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Qualitative
Template-based virology assays
Creating a Customized Virology Assay Template
Running a Template-Based Assay
Special information for individual template-based assays
NASBA HIV RNA QT
Nuclisens HIV RNA QT
Roche Amplicor Monitor HIV RT PCR
Roche COBAS Amplicor
Roche COBAS UltraSensitive
Roche UltraSensitive HIV RT PCR
Roche HIV DNA PCR
Cultures
Creating Culture Schedules
Creating a Culture
Culture Schedule and Harvest Labels
Running Culture Harvests on a p24 Antigen Assay
Reviewing Results and Terminating Cultures
Entering MT-2 Culture Assay Results Using a Culture Supernatant
Creating a Specimen from a Culture Harvest
p24 Antigen Assays
Immunology assays
Lymphocyte Proliferation Assay (LPA) Assay
Apoptosis by P.I. Assay
Advanced Flow and TUNEL Assays
Natural Killer Cell (NK) Assay
Cryopreservation
Pharmacology assays
Creating PK assay templates
Entering PK assay results
Using spreadsheet view
Applying user censors to PK runs
Reviewing and accepting PK assay results
GeneXpert Assay
The
Test Result Entry
tool
Creating a new template
Modifying an existing template
Entering results
Filters
PHIA country-specific template settings
Test Result Entry
reports
Managing controls
Setting up Assay Kit Information
Setting up VQA Kits
Pharmacology Control Charting
Virology Control Charting
Pharmacology QC and Calibration Lot Entry
Using assay device readers
Associating an Assay with a Reader
Creating a Reader Configuration
LDMS Remote Reader
What is LDMS Remote Reader
Configuring LDMS to use LDMS Remote Reader
Configuring LDMS Remote Reader
Reading Assay Output using LDMS Remote Reader
Printers
Setting up the Brady IP300 printer
Setting up the Brady® MVP 300 printer
Setting up the LabXpert printer
Setting up the Zebra® GX 430t printer
Setting up the Brady BBP11-34L printer
Setting up the Brady® BBP33 printer
Setting up the Brady BMP53 printer
Setting up the Brady BP-PR 300 printer
Setting up the Zebra ZD620 Printer
Setting up other printers
Preset
group
s
ACTG/IMPAACT
AERAS
AIEDRP
AIS
AMC
ATN
BHP
BM
Botswana MOH
CEMALB
CHAVI
CIPRA-HT
CIPRA-ZA
CIPRA
CONTROL
CoVPN
CPCRA
CPQA
FACTS
HN
HPTN
IPREX
IQA
IRC
KENPHIA2
MACS
MAVRC
mStudy
MTCT
MTN
MWCCS
NICHD-Westat
PHACS
PHIA
REPRIEVE
SHIMS
SNRP
TIES
VQA
VTN
WHIN
WIHS
WITS
WITSRepos
ZEBS
ZIP
Administration and maintenance
System Configuration
Managing users
Creating New Users
Adjusting User Permissions
Modifying Users and Passwords
Adjusting Login Security
group
Configuration
Backups
Exports and Updates
Activity Log
Recovering from an Unexpected Shutdown
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions about LDMS
Codes, units, and abbreviations
Specimen type codes
Primary codes
Additive codes
Derivative codes
Sub additive/derivative codes
Condition codes
Unit codes
Measurement codes
Time unit codes
Visit codes
Assay Codes
Reasons for not running an assay censor codes
Immunology assay codes
Reasons why results were not obtained for immunology assays
Immunology user censor codes
Virology assay codes
Virology user censor codes
HIV DNA PCR (Roche Amplicor Detect)
HIV DNA PCR (Roche Amplicor Detect) 1.5
Roche Amplicor HIV Monitor (RT PCR) assay censor codes
Roche Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor UltraSensitive assay censor codes
Roche COBAS Amplicor HIV-1 MONITOR Test, UltraSensitive
Roche COBAS Amplicor HIV-1 MONITOR assay censor codes
Roche COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 assay censor codes
COBAS TaqMan HCV assay censor codes
COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Qual assay censor codes
Abbott Realtime HIV-1 and Abbott SARS-COV-2 Quant assay censor codes
NASBA HIV-1 RNA assay censor codes
Nuclisens HIV-1 QT assay censor codes
Pharmacology assay codes
Pharmacology analyte codes
Pharmacology system censor codes
Pharmacology assay user censor codes
Pharmacology concentration units
P24 system censor codes
GeneXpert MTB-RIF system censor codes
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