Plate
Counting & Data Capture
The program allows individual plate counts to be either entered
manually or captured directly from automatic colony counting systems
such as Sorcerer from Perceptive Instruments.
During data entry/capture, prompts will require
entry of reasons for any recounts made and the user is able
to apply postfixes e.g. P to indicate
precipitation, C to indicate contamination. These can be entered
for a specific plate or applied across replicate plates, strains
or treatment dose. Additional comments can also be entered as appropriate.
Counting can be suspended at any time to be
continued later.
Support for wedge-type barcode scanners
has been added to the Ames Study Manager to help speed up the counting
process. The barcode format has been made configurable via the database
so almost any format of barcode can be read and understood by the
system. This is especially useful for laboratories who already have
a working barcode format they wish to retain for use with the Ames
Study Manager.
Ames Study Manager can be combined with the Sorcerer
colony counting system to create a totally
integrated package for the Ames test. Counts are requested
from within the Ames Study Manager with a
single key press and are instantly returned and displayed
in the plate editor.
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