Samples Dashboard
- Candice Louw (Unlicensed)
The blue ribbon is located on the left-hand side. The menu item with a white background, in this case the Dashboard, shows you where you are currently located. The overview has three possible views: Surveillance (A), Contacts (B) and Samples (C). You can switch between the views by clicking on the respective button at the top right. The active view is highlighted in dark blue.
Click on the “Samples” button (C) to access the Samples Dashboard.
Period under review and filters
The period to be viewed can be selected directly under the "Samples Dashboard" heading.
SORMAS automatically selects a comparison period to compare the data in relation to the previous period. The default period is first "this epi-week" compared to the "epi-week before". This abbreviation stands for "epidemiological week", which always covers the period from Monday of the same week to the current week.
Click on the respective button, e.g.: today's or yesterday's day or an individual time period. If a user-defined time period is selected and confirmed by clicking the button, SORMAS automatically selects a filter for the comparison.
Further filters that you may apply include selecting a relevant data, region, type of sample (human or environment) and disease.
Click “APPLY FILTERS” to see the results from the applied filters.
Key figures
Further down are the key figures on the current samples in the system.
From left to right in this row:
Total number of samples in the system
Final Laboratory Results of the samples (positive, negative, pending, indeterminate, not done)
Purpose of samples (external lab testing, internal/in-house testing)
Total number of test results in the system
Test results of samples (positive, negative, pending, indeterminate)
Shipment status of samples (not shipped, shipped, received) - only samples with purpose “external lab testing” are considered.
Specimen Condition of samples (adequate, not adequate, not specified) - only samples with purpose “external lab testing” are considered.
Final Laboratory Results Chart
The Final Laboratory Results Chart shows an overview of the number of samples and the date on which they were taken. The coloring of the individual categories corresponds to the legend above for positive, negative, pending, indeterminate and not done.
Sample Status Map
The Samples Status Map provides an overview of all Samples in the system including Case, Contact, Event Participant and Environment Samples.
The following colors are used:
Red: Case Samples
Yellow: Contact Samples
Blue: Event Participant Samples
Green: Environment Samples
Click the “Map Key” button to see this.
Click the “Layers” button to see a list of items to display or hide from the map.
Click individual items to show/hide them from the map display.
Map Coordinates
Map coordinates are established in different ways:
Samples are shown using the GPS coordinate of the person's home address.
Environment samples are shown using the GPS coordinates of those samples or, if not available, their associated environment.