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Enterprise-level LIMS such as SampleManager can be connected to existing informatics infrastructures, regardless of which or how many instrument vendors are in place in the lab
Problem four: measurement traceability A single laboratory may be responsible for hundreds of tests each week, if not more. And a test is not simply a test; it’s the sum of many parts. Defending data involves painstakingly retracing steps, many of which are so embedded in the fabric of the lab and its workflows that it may be impossible to isolate them. Imagine sorting through handwritten notes from fellow analysts and still not finding what could have gone wrong –
it’s frustrating. But it’s also costly: analysts routinely spend a quarter of their productive time simply collecting data to defend a result. Tankfully, technology can
do work in the background that can dramatically reduce the time, expense and aggravation associated with defensibility. LIMS have come far from the days when labs relied on them for basic sample management and data reporting. Today, the LIMS reaches across an enterprise: it integrates with data in MRP, ERP and other enterprise systems in ways that directly impact defensibility.
Integrated informatics enable labs to execute and manage all lab processes easily, with the data rigour and intelligence that lab managers require to drive efficiency and profitability
Problem five: misunderstood maintenance When labs think of trend analysis, they don’t often associate it with instrument maintenance, but that’s a mistake. Data such as area counts, baseline conductivity and retention time provide valuable evidence that if trended and analysed can reveal much about the health of an instrument. LIMS offer capabilities that allow users to monitor instrument health so that work can be assigned more effectively on a regular maintenance schedule. Users are notified of upcoming maintenance – even of wear-part failure, so that maintenance can be scheduled before failure becomes an issue. Many labs still struggle with basic problems that have troubled them for years. And today the pace is even more frenetic and the demands on an analyst’s or lab manager’s time are even greater. So it’s time to return to basics. Labs should embrace available technology to take a much more strategic, proactive and intelligent approach to what many consider routine.
For more information ✔ at
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Jeanne Mensingh is president and founder of Labtopia Solutions, Thermo Fisher Scientific Partner.
www.labtopia.com
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