Mobile sample allocation and management system for BioBank

Abstract

© Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016. The main objective for our development is to systemize and assist the process of storing samples for hospital’s lab technicians through our mobile application. The system will keep tracking of all the samples along with included check-in, check-out processes. This is necessary because the current arrangement is complex, inconvenient, and very prone to errors. By developing this application on a mobile platform, it can provide the user mobility and flexibility that boosts performance in their working environment. Moreover, the application keeps data consistent with the use of a full, but light-weighted database. The application will be built using Xcode and its database will be created using SQLite. Furthermore, the application also implements a barcode scanner to further eliminate most human-errors that may happen in the process. The application is tried by lab technicians as our stakeholders. The feedbacks reported that the stakeholders are pleased with the application, and it can assist managing samples in the lab.