Add a duplicate barcode warning in the lims RC steps

[FayKanellidou]

Lims Issue

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Workflow: Microbial WGS v7, TWIST v8, WGS PCR free v6
Protocol: Pre Processing Microbial v1, Initial QC wgs v4, Pre Processing TWIST v3
Step: Reception Control, Reception Control v3, Reception Control TWIST

Description:
It would be very useful to add a warning message when we assign barcodes to plates and two different plates have been assigned the same barcode. This is an easy mistake to make in the lab and it has happened already a few times.
having a warning message in this case would save us the need to reprep.

[FayKanellidou]

Hi, AZ and I were wondering if a lims warning like this could be possible to be implemented in lims.
What do you think about it?

[idalindegaard]

Hi Fay. I understand this can be a problem sometimes... We are wondering if the check should be within the step or if it should check all barcodes ever recorded in the "Output container barcode" udf? The workload for this issue differs a bit depending on which of these alternatives are needed

[FayKanellidou]

Hi Fay. I understand this can be a problem sometimes... We are wondering if the check should be within the step or if it should check all barcodes ever recorded in the "Output container barcode" udf? The workload for this issue differs a bit depending on which of these alternatives are needed

I guess the second suggestion is the most appropriate one but since so far the issue we had was scanning and the barcode is also placed in the udfs of other plates by mistake let's go with the easier solution.

If in the future we still have an issue then we could scale it up.