Abstract: Sample management is a part of process control, one of the essentials of a quality management system. The quality of the work a laboratory produces is only as good as the quality of the samples it uses for testing. The laboratory must be proactive in ensuring that the samples it receives meet all of the requirements needed to produce accurate test results. Proper management of samples is critical to the accuracy and reliability of testing, and, therefore, to the confidence in laboratory diagnosis. Laboratory results influence therapeutic decisions and can have significant impact on patient care and outcomes. It is important to provide accurate laboratory results in order to assure good treatment. Inaccuracies in testing can impact length of hospital stays, as well as hospital and laboratory costs. Inaccuracies can also affect laboratory efficiency, leading to repeat testing with resultant waste of personnel time, supplies, and reagents. To ensure that all samples are managed properly and that persons collecting samples have the needed information, the laboratory should develop a laboratory System. This system should be made available at all sample collection areas, including those that are distant from the laboratory. Collection of samples in the field for epidemiological studies should be accompanied by a form that includes the patient’s name, a unique identification number, demographic information, and the patient’s health status. The additional information is necessary to assist in identifying the source of an infection, and finding potential contacts.

Keywords: Tracking, Monitoring Code, Sample, Scanner.

| DOI: 10.17148/IJIREEICE.2021.9430