Associating sites and laboratories

If there are any laboratory test questions within a study, a number of laboratory definitions will also have been imported. These definitions contain all the normal range and CTC data that will be used to validate the results to the laboratory test questions. When answering a laboratory test question, the data entry user will be asked to select the laboratory whose data they wish to use for validation. In order for this list of laboratories to exist, you need to create an association between each laboratory and the sites for which its data is to be used.

To associate or dis-associate a site with a laboratory, you need the 'Laboratory/site administration' permission. This feature has a database-wide scope.

There are two ways of associating sites and laboratories:

Associating multiple laboratories with a single site

Select Tasks > Site > Laboratory Site Administration. The Laboratory Site Administration window is displayed.
Ensure that the Laboratories by Site option button is selected.
Select a site from the drop down list. Only active sites will be included in this list.
A list of laboratories is displayed in the box beneath the study. Check a laboratory to associate it with the selected site. Click the Select All/Clear All button to select/clear all the laboratories at once.
Click OK to confirm your associations, or Cancel to close the window without making any associations.

Associating a single laboratory with multiple sites

Select Tasks > Site > Laboratory Site Administration. The Laboratory Site Administration window is displayed.
Ensure that the Sites by Laboratory option button is selected.
Select a laboratory from the drop down list.
A list of active sites is displayed in the box beneath the site. Check a site to associate it with the selected study. Click the Select All/Clear All button to select/clear all the sites at once.
Click OK to confirm your associations, or Cancel to close the window without making any associations.

Disassociating sites and laboratories

Use either of the above methods to remove checks and so disassociate a site and a laboratory.