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May 14

Introduction

The STARLIMS SUNRISE V10 Application Training Course enables STARLIMS customers to understand the standard functionality of the STARLIMS SUNRISE (Public Health) V10 Laboratory Information Management System.

In particular the aims of the V10 User Application Training Course include the following;
  • To teach STARLIMS V10 users the essential concepts behind the STARLIMS SUNRISE (Public Health) V10 Laboratory Information Management System
  • To ensure that users become comfortable with using the system within a learning environment that provides instruction and hands on exercises
  • To educate users on how typical laboratory processes and workflows can be modeled within the system
  • To show users how all the information required about users, teams, clients, equipment, certification, tests, tests plans, and specification etc, is incorporated into a laboratory model that allows users to create samples and tests, enter results, check results against specifications, and set up approval steps
  • To illustrate the different ways in which samples and tests can be created and results entered and approved
The course is a mixture of presentations and exercises. Presentations are used to introduce and describe the various elements of the STARLIMS V10 system and the exercises provide users with the opportunity to put what has been learned into practice.

The course is not specifically designed for any particular laboratory but is designed to make STARLIMS V10 users aware of the standard system capabilities within a Public Health context. In addition it enables users to understand the terms and concepts used within STARLIMS V10 and relate these to their own laboratory and laboratory practices.

Applicability

The course is applicable to all laboratory users who require a full understanding of the capabilities of the STARLIMS SUNRISE V10 system.
In particular, it will be helpful to Laboratory Managers, Laboratory Supervisors and other laboratory staff who will be responsible for defining the requirements of the system and managing the data and workflows within the system.
In addition, this course is a prerequisite for the STARLIMS V10 Configuration Course, so anyone who will be responsible for further configuration of the system should attend. It is also strongly recommended that anyone who will be responsible for the System Manager role should attend the course.

Duration

The course is 4 ½ days long, with approximately 7 hours of instruction per full day.

Prerequisites

There are no specific prerequisites for the course; however students should have access to a STARLIMS V10 system soon after taking the course in order to put their learning into practice.

Course Agenda

  • Introduction to STARLIMS
  • Getting started
    • Logging into the system
    • User dashboard
    • Main menu items
  • Defining the Organization
    • Laboratories/Departments/Sites
    • Service groups (Teams)
    • Users
    • Roles
    • Team members
  • Introduction to Tests
    • Creating a Simple Test
    • Introduction to Test Plan Manager and Test Plans
  • The Environmental Sample Lifecycle
    • Environmental Login Process
    • Folders
    • Test Plan and Test assignment
    • Receiving Samples into the Lab
    • Run Creation
    • Results Entry
    • Run Approval, Environmental Approval
    • Editing and Reviewing Environmental Samples
    • Traceability
    • Report Delivery Overview
  • More Complex Tests
    • Creating Multi-Analyte Tests
    • Analyte Types
    • Canned Comment Configuration
    • Multi-Replicate Analytes
    • Calculated Analytes (Overview only)
    • Multi-Step Tests using Test Workflow (Overview only)
    • Spec Schemas (Overview only)
  • Clients and Client Projects
    • Defining Clients, Client Contacts, Client projects
    • Sample Groups
    • Price lists and invoicing
  • Equipment Records
    • Modeling Equipment – Equipment Types and Specific Equipment
    • Defining Maintenance Events and Schedules
    • Responding to Maintenance Alerts, use of Equipment Log
  • Analyst Certification
    • Defining Analyst Certification requirements for Tests
    • Responding to Certification Events
    • Recording Certifications
  • Test Methods
    • Method Management
    • Assigning Methods to a Test
    • What is a Default Method? Changing Default Methods
    • How Methods are used to specify Labs and Teams to process Tests
    • Specifying Equipment Verification
    • Specifying Analyst Verification
  • Test Plans
    • Test Plan Groups
    • Review Creating Test Plans
    • Test Plans and Test Logic
    • Test Plan Details
    • Defining preparation tests using Test Workflow
    • Defining Retest and Reflex tests using Test Workflow
  • Clinical Context
    • Review of Test Creation
    • Clinical Test Panels
    • Clinical Sample Login – Specimen Accessions
    • Receiving Clinical Samples in Lab
    • Run and Panel Approval
  • Microbiology Context
    • Creating Micro Components
    • Creating a Micro Test
    • Defining and sequencing workflow steps
    • Micro Test Settings; Properties and Field Responses
    • Results Entry
  • Materials and Inventory Tracking
    • Defining and managing Storage Locations and Sub locations
    • Defining Materials Records and Types
    • Defining Suppliers
    • Defining Recipes and Components
    • Inventory Management; Receiving Modifying and Consuming Inventory
  • HL7
    • HL7 Static Data configuration
    • Using the HL7 Clients Manager Application
  • Report Delivery Management
    • Overview of Reporting Rules Management
    • Use of the Delivery Queue

Approximate Daily Schedule

Please note that the course pace varies with the experience and interest of the students, this should be taken as an approximate guide only.

Day 1

Course Introduction
Getting Started
Defining The Organization
Introduction To Tests
The Environmental Sample Lifecycle

Day 2

Complete The Environmental Sample Lifecycle
More Complex Tests
Clients and Client Projects
Equipment Records
Analyst Certification

Day 3

Test Methods
Test Plans
Clinical Context

Day 4

Microbiology Context
Materials and Inventory Management

Day 5

HL7
Report Delivery Management

**These courses are available only to customers of STARLIMS and users of our products.

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