Prototype Labor Simulation

The main features of a laboratory simulation have been rudimentarily implemented in this prototype. Hereby the base functionalities of (pre/post)-analytical instruments are reproduced and integrated into a simple lab workflow. These functionalities include the reception of racks with virtual samples, the appropriated processing including the exchange of HL7 and ASTM messages and the propagation of processed samples to the following instruments. Further the simulation configuration can be extracted and used with the help of SQL queries in conjunction with the Oracle Data Access interface. Subsequently, the configuration data can be also accessed and modified via XML. The behavior of the simulation and interacting components is logged on different levels. During simulation the response times and other performance values are logged which are later analyzed and reported. The simulation is implemented in C#. The simulation run during simulation is visualized using GraphSharp.