Apex Lab Productivity Suite

Features

• Comprehensive operation and management software for the production-oriented gamma spectroscopy sample-counting lab
• Designed for labs with large numbers of routine gamma samples
• Distributed multi-user functionality provides access and control of the system from any client workstation
• Sample database tracks samples through log-in, counting and data review processes
• Flexible calibration facilities including scheduling, confirmation report and cross-check reports
• Quality assurance facilities including scheduling, failure response and intra-lab comparison reporting
• Data review and reanalysis facilities for routine and non-routine evaluation of assay results
• Comprehensive event logging records every event on the system – with flexible recall
• Comprehensive security system controls access to system functions
• Genie 2000 spectroscopy software provides world class analysis facilities
• Support under Oracle and SQL Server 2000 database facilities

Description

The Apex Lab Productivity Suite breaks the old models of gamma spec operation and offers a whole new level of functionality to improve productivity in lab operations. No longer is the gamma spec counting system a functionally isolated instrument – offering only basic counting, calibration and quality assurance capabilities. Apex integrates the gamma counting system with the complete operation of the laboratory – replacing what are typically manual and off-line processes with built-in, tightly integrated seamless functionality.

With Apex, the complete status of a multi-detector system is available at a glance. Click – and find all the samples waiting to be counted. Log samples into the system from the location where the information is known
– in the sample preparation area. Let Apex enforce your calibration/QA schedules and monitor QA results – and automatically take the appropriate action if something goes wrong. Use Apex to perform data review
– verifying and correcting results as needed – even years after the initial count. Rely on Apex's security system and event logs to control access to
the system and construct detailed reports of all system activities.

The key to Apex lab productivity lies in the extensive database built directly into the software. As samples are logged into the system, a sample database record is created which stays in the system as the sample moves through various stages of processing – counting, first and second data review, recounting, final results delivery and follow-up inquiry. Built on modern relational database technology, Apex gives you a complete view of what is going on in your lab. How many samples await processing? Apex knows. Which samples await data review? Ask Apex. Which samples were counted on Detector 3, 20 mL water geometry, cooling water library in the last 20 days? It’s an easy question for Apex.

Apex is designed on a multi-user, client server model. Networked workstations allow you to operate from anywhere in the system. A typical system may have several workstations located within the lab counting area, one or more in sample receiving areas for sample log-in and additional workstations in supervisor or analyst’s office for data review. This flexibility gives you optimum information access and system control – the capability you need exactly when and where you need it.