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Beyond the technology beyond the technology A new innovative sample tracking technology for environmental and water samples, from collection to analysis Remote Sampler Sam Goddard, CSols Ltd (Stand 69) sam.goddard@csols.com www.csols.com

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Beyond the technology

beyond the technology

Remote Sampler

Sam Goddard, CSols Ltd (Stand 69) sam.goddard@csols.com www.csols.com

A new innovative sample tracking technology for environmental and water samples, from collection to analysis

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Sampling Requirements

European Water Companies

typically collect between 100k and 1M samples/year

Clean Water (Houses,

Reservoirs, Treatment Works)

Dirty Water (Trade Effluent,

Sewage etc)

Highly regulated as to

methodology and frequency of sampling

Typically 1- 5 Million houses per

company

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Existing Sampling Systems

Collect data on paper sheets
Data goes back to LIMS e.g.

SampleManager, LabVantage, LabWare etc.

Systems are inflexible and error-

prone

Room for great improvement

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Processes

Scheduled Samples
Planned by LIMS
Sampler collects the Samples and

reports back details to LIMS

Ad Hoc Samples
A User defines what needs to be

collected e.g. for a burst pipe or complaint

Sampler collects the Samples
Samples logged automatically on

LIMS

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Remote Sampler: Architecture

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The Hub

Manage the flow of

data

Get Collection Runs

from LIMS

Assign and manage

Sampler jobs

Comprehensive Reporting
Highlight exceptions
Approve data back to LIMS

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The Hub – Scheduled Samples

Collection Runs are
btained from LIMS
Normally a week or so
f work is generated

for each Sampler

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Hub Allocating Work

Runs are dragged to the Device
Physically moved to the device when it is possible
Samples/Runs can be dragged between devices
Runs may be modified/merged

Pending Runs Sampler Devices

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Handheld Devices

Must be Rugged
Large, bright, touch screen
Vehicle mounting/charging
Barcode Reader
GPS
Mobile Broadband (GPRS)
PC Windows or Windows CE

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Sampler: Wizard

Simple Wizard
Large buttons
On PC Tablets

keyboard always visible

Behavior

Configurable

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Sampler: Performing Checks

Configurably define

what checks must be done periodically

Sampling cannot

commence until checks complete

Specific Responses

required

Sent back to LabCache
Permanently associated

with collected Samples

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Sampler: Collection

LIMS knows location

to go to

GPS can take

Sampler there

Select a location

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Sampler: Enter Onsite Tests

Questions include LIMS

Onsite Tests and any others configured

Help provided to Sampler in

Entering Results

Responses checked
Calculations performed
Here and elsewhere in

Wizard …. any deviation from required flow requires Forced Comment to be entered ….. Or User can backtrack and rectify a mistake

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Sampler: Scan Bottle Barcodes

Bottle labels generated by LIMS attached to

Bottles as they are collected

Bottles scanned
GPS Coordinates (if available) and date/time

recorded

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Sampler: Review

All entries are reviewed
Sampler may step back and change anything
Otherwise Sample is sent back to the Hub immediately
Normally the Sample details are updated on LIMS automatically
SampleManager second scan at the bottle receiving Lab

releases the Sample for Testing

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Ad Hoc Samples

Sample Login facilities

available on both the Hub and the Sampler Tablets

Can do everything that

LIMS Login does e.g Using Templates

Uses LIMS data held in local

databases

New Samples/Runs are

created in Remote Sampler and dealt with just as those for Scheduled Samples

When completed Sample is returned to the Hub, it is

autologged to LIMS (including lab tests)

User manually matched AdHoc bottle Ids to LIMS

bottle Ids using barcodes

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Chain of Custody

Device barcode scans

locations and bottles

Hub can scan bottles,

consignments

Signatures can be

taken if required

Whole Chain of

Custody can be viewed on the Hub

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Lone Working

If Sampler does not touch

the screen for too long an alert will be raised

Warnings can be texted or

emailed to a list of contacts

Sampler’s last location and route can be

viewed on Google maps directly from the Hub

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Summary

Systems are cost-effective, they save

time

Systems are popular with Users once

established

Improve quality by validating data at

point of entry, and removing transcription errors

Improves compliance and

traceability of sampling

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