| For Sample Submitter | For Specialists | |
| It is highly recommended that you establish communications with specialists before submitting a sample. If this is the first time you plan to send a DDIS sample to a specialist, you should contact the specialist first to make sure he/she will accept your sample. A list of registered DDIS specialists can be found at DDIS Website. If the specialist is not a registered DDIS user, please ask the specialist to register on the DDIS Website or contact the Help Desk at IFAS Information Technology for assistance. It is important to submit your sample through DDIS instead of sending it as an email attachment. The online submission form provides necessary information for specialists to make diagnosis. The archived DDIS samples are a valuable resource for problem identification and education. You will get credit for your diagnostic accomplishments through the Faculty Achievement System. Each of us reads a lot of email on a daily basis. There is a chance a specialist may miss the DDIS email notification. If you don't receive the specialist's diagnosis in a few days, please contact your specialists. You may want to send a sample to one of the diagnostic labs at UF or to a specialist at UF/IFAS. You can find a list of IFAS diagnostic labs on the DDIS Website. Each diagnostic lab has a dedicated email address specifically for DDIS. You may submit your samples to one of the diagnostic labs. Of course, you can send a sample to both a diagnostic lab and to a specialist if necessary. If you have questions on how to prepare DDIS samples, please read the DDIS How To and Help on the DDIS Website. If you need technical assistance, please contact the IFAS-IT Help Desk at (352) 392-INFO (4636) or Sun Com 622-INFO (4636). |
If you received an email notification about a DDIS sample and you are not a registered DDIS user, please become a DDIS user by visiting the DDIS Website and select "Sign up as a user." When you receive a DDIS sample notification, please try to reply as quickly as you can. Your rapid response could have an important impact on Florida's agriculture. When you make your response, please login to DDIS and make your diagnosis. It is recommended not to respond to the sample by email or phone. The DDIS will automatically notify the individual submitting the sample by email. The archived DDIS database is a valuable resource for training and education, and is a good monitoring tool for problems which may be occurring statewide. In addition, you will get credit for your diagnostic accomplishments through the Faculty Achievement System. If a sample is tentatively identified through DDIS and later you have a confirmed diagnosis through a live sample, you are encouraged to add the confirmed diagnosis result to the DDIS. DDIS allows multiple entries of diagnosis and each of them is dated. If you find a novel sample or a sample that has potential risk, you may initiate an alert by using DDIS system. A list of over 16,000 EPA codes is available on the diagnosis screen. Please use this list as much as you can. By doing this we can standardize diagnosis names and this will increase the search ability of the database. Authorized users can submit confirmed diagnosis through DDIS to SPDN and NPDN. If you need such permission, you may send your request to the project leaders. If you are traveling and cannot check your email, you may delegate someone to check for DDIS samples. You may also want to setup an automated email reply when you are out of office. For additional information on how to use DDIS, please visit the DDIS Website or call IFAS-IT Help Desk at (352) 392-INFO. If you have any comments/suggestions to improve DDIS, please send them to the DDIS development team. |