Deleting a Growth Type 

  1. Open the Growth Type Manager.

  2. Navigate through the list of Growths and select the one you want to delete.

  3. Right click on the Growth, and from the drop down menu select Delete Growth Type.

  4. The Delete Growth Type dialog will ask for confirmation to delete the selected Growth Type. Click Yes to continue.

  5. The Growth Type will be removed from the list, and it will not be available to use when entering or editing a result set.

 

Entering a Result Set

N.B. To complete this procedure you must have a completed room form, and the matching plates / results. This feature may have been disabled if you are using the Book In section of the system. 

  1. From the Enter Results Form click the Enter Results button.

  2. In the New Result Set dialog, enter the Result Set ID (at the top of the completed room form), and select the date you want to enter results for (also on the completed room form). Finally click the Create Result Set button to continue.

  3. If a Result Set for this Date has already been entered and released, the system will automatically un-release the existing results. However you must use a Super User login to do this.

  4. The new Result Set will display in the Enter Results Frame. The Results Set plates will match with the plate you have on the completed room form.

  5. Confirm that the Room Details at the top match up with the room details on your completed room form.

  6. If the Room is a manufacturing room then you will also be asked to enter the product and batch number that relate to the results. The Manufacturing Product Information box will automatically display before you start entering results. From this box select the Product Code that has been made on that date and enter the Batch Number of the Product Code. Click the Update button to continue. N.B. If the results have been booked in and you need to change this you will need to right click any of the fields and select Override BookIn. You will also be forced to make a note of your change.

  7. If at any point during Book In you need to change this information click the Product Information button to review this form.

  8. To start entering the results, double click anywhere on the plates list. The Enter Results form will display. N.B. If room entry by Plate Number is enabled, then a dialog box will ask you to enter the plate number you want to enter the results for first, after closing each plate result you will be asked for the next plate number you would like to read.

  9. The first plate in the list will be displayed in this form. You must then:

     

    N.B. If any of the labels turn red and the next / previous buttons are disabled, this means that there has been an error and you cannot continue before you fix it. The errors are normally either that required information is missing, or that the growths counted and number of results do not match.

     

  10. Click the Next button to move onto the next plate, and then repeat step 6 until you have entered all the plate results. By default the Operator, Server and exposure time will stay the same for each plate until you change them.
  11. Having entered the entire result set click the close button at the bottom of the Enter Results Screen. This will return you to an overview of the results in the Enter Results form. If you need to modify any results, double click on the list to modify.

     

  12. At the bottom of the Enter Results Screen the Batch Numbers of the plates will be shown separated by a comma.

  13. Using the Notes button you can also add notes to the Result Set (See Notes).

  14. Finally click the Save button on the top menu bar.

  15. The Ready to Save dialog will ask for confirmation that all the details have been entered correctly. Click the Yes button to continue.

  16. The Results Saved dialog will confirm that the Result Sets have been successfully saved. Click OK to continue.

     

  17. If an exception report has been created the Exception Report Created dialog will show to alert you to this, and give you the Exception Report ID. Click OK to continue.