public static function getById($specimen_type_id)
{
# Returns a specimen type entry fetch by ID
global $con;
$specimen_type_id = mysql_real_escape_string($specimen_type_id, $con);
$saved_db = DbUtil::switchToLabConfigRevamp();
$query_string = "SELECT * FROM specimen_type " . "WHERE specimen_type_id={$specimen_type_id}";
$record = query_associative_one($query_string);
DbUtil::switchRestore($saved_db);
return SpecimenType::getObject($record);
}