• If the workgroup Sample ID format is anything other than UNFORMATTED, the Sample ID will appear as "[To Be Assigned]" on the Order Samples: Patient & Order Choices page. Harvest Webstation will assign the Sample ID on the Order Samples: Sample Information page, after you have selected the location and patient.
• If the workstation is set up to use the UNFORMATTED workgroup, then you must manually enter a Sample ID for the order. It is up to you to enter a valid ID; however, Harvest Webstation will not allow you to duplicate Sample IDs if that option has been turned on in Preferences.
• If the workstation is AP-enabled, Harvest Webstation will assign the Sample ID based on the AP order choice type (Surgical, Cytology GYN, or Cytology Non-GYN). Different workgroups can be assigned to the various AP order choice types in Harvest. Note that orders with mixed types are assigned a Sample ID based on the order choice type of the first order choice in the order (i.e., whichever order choice is listed first in the Items to Order field).

IMPORTANT: Harvest Webstation will not allow you to use a Sample ID format that includes the # sign. It will alert you to the problem, and will not allow you to continue placing the order until the Sample ID is changed.

• If you are using a sequence number in the Sample ID format and after 5 attempts it cannot find a non-duplicate entry, then Harvest Webstation alerts you to that fact and will place the last Sample ID it attempted to use in the Sample ID field.
• If you are not using a sequence number in the Sample ID format, you will simply be alerted to the duplication.

You will not be allowed to continue placing the order until you change the Sample ID to a unique number. When checked, this preference prevents you from assigning two patients the same sample ID.