Application development environment for biological sample assessment processing

A method for processing a biological sample comprising:

• obtaining a biological sample;
• combining the biological sample with nutrient media;
• incubating the biological sample;
• obtaining a digital image of the incubated biological sample;
• classifying the digital image according to analytical criteria selected from the group consisting of specimen origin information, clinical sample criteria, process materials and process conditions;
• obtaining data from historical digital images of incubated biological samples on nutrient media that share at least one of the analytical criteria assigned to the digital image;
• and
• using the historical digital image data to output an instruction to a user for further processing of the biological sample, wherein the further processing is selected from the group consisting of identification testing, antibiotic susceptibility testing or both.