It is difficult to imagine life in the Laboratory without a Laboratory Information
Management System (LIMS). Without a LIMS, the scheduling and reporting of analyses
would be a labor-intensive nightmare. That is why computer tracking and reporting
software is found even in a very small laboratory. LIMS has become an essential element in
a laboratory's strategy to remain competitive.
Once the basic functions required to run a laboratory are taken care of by a LIMS,
management staff now has the time to not only think of ways to improve productivity but
also to think of ways of improving the service provided to the laboratory's clients. A
fully functional LIMS should give the means to provide enhanced services to clients. It is
now possible and common to offer clients customized reports, automated outlier email
notifications, electronic reporting, electronic invoicing, and client web access for sample
tracking and data mining. Other enhancements include electronic chain-of-custody and
field data upload as an integral part of sample check-in.
How is this all done and how does the Laboratory translate client needs into a functional
LIMS? It certainly requires a dedicated, talented, and energetic laboratory and
programming staff. Of equal importance, however, a good LIMS is the product of a
disciplined approach to formulating laboratory and client needs as well as effective
communication channels between the laboratory and the programming staffs. Includes extended abstract only.
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