Definition
Tracking records collection time, collector, container type, transfers, storage location, and final disposition.
Workflow
Pre-analytical workstations benefit from barcode scanning gates that prevent processing when identifiers mismatch.
Implementation
Implementations map label formats, printer deployments, and reconciliation for outreach clients with non-standard requisitions.
Interoperability
ADT updates may change patient location; the LIS should reconcile pending collections where hospital interfaces exist.
