Lab Sample Exchange
What is Lab Sample Exchange?
The Lab Sample Exchange is a feature in Alpha Tracker for surveying companies to easily send asbestos sample data to external labs who use Alpha Tracker for fibre analysis, and for those labs to return the analysis results at the click of a button.
The Lab Sample Exchange works through OpenAsbestos™ to enable the sharing of sample data electronically from other Alpha Trackers and also from some other external systems (eg Flow Mobile Surveying).
Lab Sample Exchange Process Overview
1. Survey & Send
The Surveyor captures the asbestos survey data, including samples, using Alpha Tracker and Tracker Mobile or Flow Mobile Surveying. They select the Lab they want to carry out the analysis and send the samples to the Lab Sample Exchange.
2. Analyse
The Lab reviews the details of samples sent to them and seamlessly books them into a project in Alpha Tracker. The Lab then carries out the fibre analysis of the samples as normal, generating the certificate when this is complete.
3. Return
When the Lab has finished their checks of the analysis, they return the analysis results and certificate at the click of a button. The surveying company review and accept the results to update their survey project and can then generate their survey report as normal.