Movement
Automation lines track every tube automatically. Movement closes that same gap for specimens that travel by hand, scanning a tube into the lab and again at the bench where it lands.
Why this matters
Specimens that ride the automation line get continuous, automatic status updates as they move from instrument to instrument. Specimens that don't — STATs carried by hand, send-outs, specialty tests, anything routed manually — leave a blind spot in SunQuest. No one can say exactly when a tube reached the lab or which bench it was actually dropped at, which slows down "where is my sample" calls and leaves no audit trail for that hand-off.
What it does
Movement gives manually routed specimens the same two-checkpoint visibility automation tubes already have. A scan at central processing marks the tube as received and updates SunQuest immediately. A second scan at the destination bench updates SunQuest again to reflect exactly where the specimen was dropped off, creating a simple, timestamped chain of custody for any tube that skips the track.
Built for practical deployment.
Give manually routed specimens the same visibility automation-line tubes already have.
Scan at central processing sets specimen status to "InLab" in SunQuest the moment a tube arrives.
Second scan at the destination bench updates the location to reflect the exact drop-off point.
Works for any non-automated specimen: manual routes, STATs, send-outs, specialty testing.
Configurable bench and location list matching your lab's actual layout.
Timestamped two-scan chain of custody for every manually routed tube.
Built as a lightweight companion to existing automation-line tracking, not a replacement for it.
How it works
- Central processing and specimen receiving teams
- Specialty and reference test benches
- STAT and manual routing workflows
- Labs without full automation-line coverage
- "InLab" status update in SunQuest
- Bench-level location update
- Two-scan chain-of-custody record
- Fewer manual "where is my sample" lookups
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