Description
Signed elapsed-time audit after subtracting explicit UTC offsets, without a specimen-processing schedule or acceptance threshold.
Laboratory records distinguish specimen identity, sampling coverage, retained quantities, processing times, image scale, and measurement uncertainty. Areas, volumes, counts, and source-support flags measure different aspects of a record. A local calculation does not identify tissue or establish diagnostic adequacy.
Signed elapsed-time audit after subtracting explicit UTC offsets, without a specimen-processing schedule or acceptance threshold.
When to use this tool
Use Specimen Receipt Fixation Delay Term when you need this specimen-record, sampling, processing-time, dimensional, or uncertainty calculation.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter collectionTime, receiptTime, recordedFixationStart, collectionOffset, receiptOffset, fixationOffset. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read transit, receiptToFixation, collectionToFixation, ordered. Inspect ordered before interpreting the associated values.
Normalize collection, receipt, and fixation times by subtracting each supplied clock offset. Return transit=normalizedReceipt-normalizedCollection, receiptToFixation=normalizedFixation-normalizedReceipt, collectionToFixation, and ordered when the normalized times are nondecreasing.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| collectionTime | Collection Time | Required. Finite number. |
| receiptTime | Receipt Time | Required. Finite number. |
| recordedFixationStart | Recorded Fixation Start | Required. Finite number. |
| collectionOffset | Local collection clock minus the common clock, in timestamp units. | Required. Finite number. |
| receiptOffset | Local receipt clock minus the common clock. | Required. Finite number. |
| fixationOffset | Local fixation clock minus the common clock. | Required. Finite number. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| transit | Transit | Required. Finite number. |
| receiptToFixation | Receipt To Fixation | Required. Finite number. |
| collectionToFixation | Collection To Fixation | Required. Finite number. |
| ordered | Ordered | Required. Boolean. |
{
"input": {
"collectionTime": 100,
"receiptTime": 160,
"recordedFixationStart": 180,
"collectionOffset": 0,
"receiptOffset": 0,
"fixationOffset": 0
},
"output": {
"transit": 60,
"receiptToFixation": 20,
"collectionToFixation": 80,
"ordered": true
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Offsets are local-minus-common-clock values in the same unit as timestamps. Negative intervals are retained with ordered=false; no date parsing, clock verification, suitable fixation timing, or specimen quality conclusion is provided.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Signed zero is exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use validated laboratory procedures, traceable measurements, and authenticated specimen records for a complete assessment. Check the relevant sampling and processing assumptions before interpreting a local quantity.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Specimen Fixation Record Duration
Supplied specimen-record timing only; no fixation duration, procedure or diagnostic guidance.
- Fixation Time Precision Gap
Return minimumDuration=endAt-latestStart, maximumDuration=endAt-earliestStart, and width=latestStart-earliestStart.