Installation for treating substances, and a corresponding workstation and support for substance receptacles

An installation for treating substances, the installation being of the type comprising:

• receptacles for the substances to be treated;
• a plurality of workstations for implementing treatment operations on the substances;
• at least one support for at least one receptacle, which support is movable relative to the workstations;
• and
• a system for tracing the operations to which the substances are subjected, the system comprising a unit for storing data and communication means for communicating information between the receptacles, the workstations, and the storage units to store and associate therein data relating to the substances and the workstations in which they are placed;
• wherein the communications means comprise:
• for each receptacle, radio-wave transmitter means to supply information identifying the substance contained in the receptacle;
• for each workstation, radio-wave transmitter means to supply information identifying the workstation;
• and
• for each support, both radio-wave receiver means to receive information transmitted by the transmitter means of the receptacles carried by the support and of the workstations in which or near which the support is located, and also at least one forwarding device for forwarding information received by the receiver means to the data storage unit.