Traceability for automated staining system
A method including automatically displaying information obtained from a first identifier associated with a slide and a second identifier associated with a reagent cartridge. The method further including generating a staining log based on the information obtained from the first identifier and the second identifier. A further method includes displaying a location of a slide within a sample processing system and information obtained from a first identifier associated with the slide in a first table and displaying a location of a reagent cartridge within a sample processing system and information obtained from a second identifier associated with the reagent cartridge in a second table. The first table is then aligned with the second table.
1. A method for verifying a processing protocol associated with a slide, the method comprising:
obtaining information from a first identifier associated with a slide and information from a second identifier associated with a reagent cartridge, and wherein the information obtained from the second identifier is associated with a processing protocol;
associating the information obtained from the first identifier with the information obtained from the second identifier;
automatically displaying the associated information;
verifying a correct processing protocol is associated with the slide based on the associated information; and
generating a staining log based on the information obtained from the first identifier and the second identifier.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the information obtained from the first identifier comprises information relating to a patient or a reagent to be applied to the slide.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the information obtained from the second identifier comprises information relating to a reagent associated with the reagent cartridge.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying information obtained from a third identifier associated with a reaction station upon which the slide and reagent cartridge are mounted, wherein the information obtained from the third identifier comprises information relating to a location of the reaction station.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein displaying the information comprises displaying the information obtained from the first identifier in a first table and displaying the information obtained from the second identifier in a second table.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the first table comprises information identifying a location of the slide and the second table comprises information identifying a location of the reagent cartridge.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining whether the information obtained from the first identifier is the same as the information obtained from the second identifier; and
alerting a user of a mismatch when the information is not the same.