xpediting: Collecting accessioned samples from each station and delivering to the technical benches.

o Walking and pushing a cart is required for the entirety of this task. Our techs do not pick up from Accessioning and will rely on our Expediters to deliver frequently. This task requires a sense of urgency and understanding of the impacts to the technical areas and meeting our daily metrics if there are delays. Breaks are scheduled every 2 hours, so our Processors that are assigned to expedite for their shift, should expect to be on their feet walking and delivering samples for 2-hour periods at a time.

• TOUCH: Sorting and receiving pre-accessioned samples from our PSC sites into bins to be delivered to technical benches.

o Standing is required for most of this tasks duration. The Touch bench is a standing-only bench. Samples received as “TOUCH” are scanned and unpacked by a Touch Receiver and then handed off to the Touch Sorter to sort individual samples into designated bins. Breaks are scheduled every 2 hours, so our Processors that are assigned to sort or receive Touch for their shift should expect to be standing for 2-hour periods at a time.

• Shipment Receiving: Sorting and receiving pre-accessioned samples from our Branch sites and delivering them to technical benches most urgently upon shipment arrival.

o There are multiple shipments and shuttles from our Sister Labs and branches that are processed at their sites and packed for shipment to our main lab here in Seattle. Upon arrival, a Supervisor or lead will unpack and sort out the shipment so the samples can be pushed out to the technical benches as soon as they arrive. They may need assistance and pull any Processor or contingent worker to assist with unpacking, sorting and delivering samples. Shipments are unpacked as soon as they arrive and can take up to 30-45minutes.

• SRS-ing: Scanning samples into barcoded trays for storage so that techs and other departments can locate the original tubes if they need to repeat testing.

o This function can be performed sitting or standing, but there are thousands of specimen tubes to scan. We have 72-hole racks that can store 72 individual blood specimen or urine tubes. The expected productivity for scanning in samples to a 72-hole rack is between 20-25 racks an hour. Breaks are scheduled every 2 hours, so our Processors that are assigned to SRS/Scan samples into our storage racks should be prepared to scan an average of 40-50 racks in 2-hour time blocks at a time.

• Cleaning: clearing and putting away samples, trays and carts at the close of the previous day and disinfecting counters. The are various cleaning tasks throughout each shift, but any Processor can and should expect to be placed on cleaning duties if necessary.

• Accessioning: We do not anticipate that we will be training any contingent workers on Accessioning or Data Entry as this is usually a 90-day training schedule which could exceed the 3-month contract, but unless absolutely necessary to do so and if time and training allows, we would normally train to accession COVID samples or IFOBTs (mailer kits that are received through USPS).