EDMS Lab is a free program provided by GAEA Technologies, that can be used to enter and upload analytical results to a client's Environmental Data Management System (EDMS) network.
These analytical results are uploaded to a client's database by either FTP or email as an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) file.
EDMS, EDMS Lab, and EDMS Field are used to improve and standardize environmental data collection, management, and reporting in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
This is accomplished by implementing a documented, auditable process for the collection, storage, and reporting of environmental field data.
Throughout this process all stages of the sampling and analysis are tracked and notifications can be sent via email or SMS (text message).
Notifications for non-compliance events and sample exceedences can be automatically sent by the system.
Some of the many benefits provided by EDMS Lab are:
- The electronic reporting of lab data reduces the effort and possibly of errors of manual data entry.
- A Certificate of Analysis (COA) can be included in the EDI file and a copy stored in the main database.
- In addition to FTP and email, lab results can be exported to an XML file that can be manually imported by the client.
- Sample tracking and client notification for events such as; date received by lab, date analysed, date analysis sent, date sample stored, and date sample disposed.
- Automatic conversion of concentration units.
- Capture of analysis method.
- Capture and reporting of field and lab duplicates and blanks QA.
- Capture and reporting of holding time and reference material QA.
- Capture and reporting of matrix and trip spikes, lab control samples, and surrogates QA.
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) files are used to exchange data between the EDMS module, EDMS Field, and EDMS Lab. To use this feature of the EDMS module, the network version must be
installed and the EDMS Service running.
All EDI files are stored in XML format and are transferred either by email or FTP. These EDI files are automatically imported by the receiving application when that application is started.
EDI Type
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Originator
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Receiver
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Sampling
Task Data
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EDMS
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EDMS
Field
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Project
Data
|
EDMS
Field
|
EDMS
|
Station
Data
|
EDMS
Field
|
EDMS
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Sample
Data
|
EDMS
Field
|
EDMS
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Lab
Analysis Data
|
EDMS
Lab
|
EDMS
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When using the network version of EDMS, notifications can be sent throughout the work process.
These notifications can only be setup in tasks and can only be used when tasks are
used to control the work flow.
Notification
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Originator
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Sample
required
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EDMS
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Sample
collected
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EDMS
Field
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Sample
not collected (non-compliant)
|
EDMS
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Sample
shipped to lab
|
EDMS
Field
|
Sample
received by lab
|
EDMS
Lab
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Lab
analysis complete
|
EDMS
Lab
|
Lab
analysis received
|
EDMS
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Parameter
exceedence (non-compliant)
|
EDMS
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Sample
stored by lab
|
EDMS
Lab
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Sample
disposed by lab
|
EDMS
Lab
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Notifications can be sent via email, SMS (text message), or internally within the program. When being sent using email the email address specified for the personnel is used, If they are
being notified using SMS the cell number and country code for the personnel is used. And if the method is internal notification, the personnel will be
notified the next time they login to the StrataExplorer program.