Method and devices for tracking laboratory resources

A computer implemented method for tracking of at least one laboratory resource in a laboratory, wherein the laboratory resource comprises at least one identification feature, the method comprises:

• a) at least one identification step, wherein the identification step comprises detecting the laboratory resource in the laboratory with at least one imaging sensor of at least one augmented reality device and identifying the laboratory resource with at least one identification unit of the augmented reality device by receiving at least one identification information from the identification feature;
• b) at least one data retrieving step, wherein the data retrieving step comprises retrieving information about the identified laboratory resource from at least one data server via at least one communication interface of the augmented reality device;
• c) at least one tracking step, wherein the tracking step comprises generating and displaying at least one augmented reality information on at least one display device of the augmented reality device, wherein the augmented reality information comprises at least one hologram comprising the retrieved information about the identified laboratory resource and/or at least one instruction depending on the retrieved information about the identified laboratory resource;
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• d) at least one data publishing step, wherein the data publishing step comprises at least one Laboratory Information System (LIS) and/or middleware and/or instrument of the laboratory publishing data about the laboratory resource and/or the laboratory and/or the instrument on the data server;
• wherein the laboratory resource comprises:
• a processing plate wherein the hologram comprises one or more of a barcode, batch or order ID, or information about a test such as a test protocol.