April 21, 2016 - Considerations in Purchasing a LIMS
Many scientific enterprises find themselves in need of a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to replace an incumbent system, whether an existing commercial application, an amalgam of systems, or an in-house solution. Once the decision has been made, the selection and deployment of a new LIMS should move quickly and decisively. In the whitepaper recently released, Randy C. Hice, Global Strategy Manager at Abbott Informatics, provides insights on how to select a commercial LIMS.April 18, 2016 - Preventing/Minimizing Scope Creep
Have you been in this situation?: You just began a new LIMS project and everything appears to be going smoothly. However, as the project continues to move forwar, you start to lose control and it feels like the project has taken on a life of its own.April 6, 2016 - Sample Receipt Checklist
When logging in samples, laboratories must verify the conditions under which the samples were received. The most efficient way to do this is a checklist within the LIMS. This not only helps automate the process, it also records the checklist automatically, adding to the necessary paper trail for audits.March 28, 2016 - Top 4 Reasons LIMS Implementations Fail
Implementing a new LIMS can be a huge challenge. There are so many aspects to consider and moving parts to manage that LIMS implementations can and sometimes do fail.March 16, 2016 - QuaLIS Inventory a validated Inventory Management System
QuaLIS Inventory is a web based Inventory management system designed based on guidelines for GLP and FDA. Designed to meet the regulated laboratory handling a wide range of Inventory materials used in regulated labs. Items including but not limited to standards like reference material, primary standards, working standards, reagents (solid/Liquid) consumable etc.March 16, 2016 - LIMS – Buy or Build?
Many laboratory directors from different disciplines have asked this one question regarding LIMS: “Should we buy a LIMS or build our own?” In the early 90s and into the mid-2000s, it was not uncommon for a laboratory to create their own LIMS from scratch rather than using the commercially available options. Upon occasion, those laboratories would purchase an open source code LIMS and then hire programmers to make that LIMS their own.March 10, 2016 - How to Create Solid User Requirements for a System Application
"A house is only as strong as its foundation" - for a Laboratory Informatics solution (e.g. LIMS, ELN, CDS), the foundation for an implementation is the User Requirements document. Make sure that you have a strong and solid foundation before you implement.March 9, 2016 - An Introduction to Next Generation Sequencing
An Introduction to Next Generation Sequencing
The high demand for low-cost sequencing has driven the development of high-throughput sequencing, which is also termed as Next generation sequencing (NGS). Thousands or millions of sequences are concurrently produced in the next-generation sequencing process. Next generation sequencing has become a commodity. With the commercialization of various affordable desktop sequencers, NGS will be of reach to more traditional wet-lab biologists .
Drawing from the obvious goodwill and community spirit displayed on discussion forums, and exploiting the collaborative tools made available by the Wikimedia foundation, this free ebook: http://www.limsbook.com/an-introduction-to-next-generation-sequencing/1844/ is designed to initiate the editing of a collaborative WikiBook on NGS. Ultimately, our goal is to create a collective lab book that explains the key concepts and describes best practices in NGS.
Please download the free ebook or login with your Linkedin account and read it on-line. Please post back comments for improvements.
March 2, 2016 - The Legacy LIMS Folly
Many laboratories face this same issue. A dated, legacy LIMS exist. It lacks needed capabilities. It cannot be remotely accessed. No client portal exists. It does not integrate with all of the newer instruments. It cannot produce new, needed reports. It cannot effectively update QC reports. Its query functions are extremely limited. It is failing under the higher workload. It cannot operate on the “new” computers. Yet, it, that old LIMS, is vital to the day to day operation of the laboratory. “If we could just get by this one more year… We’ll replace it next year!” And that has been said for five years straight.February 25, 2016 - Title: Clinical Supplies Management System Implementation and Validation – The 3 Dos and Don’ts
If you have a paper-based CSMS you may be facing challenges such as: issues with routing paper, difficulty keeping track of inventory, compliance issues that have been noted by your organization based upon your paper system, and more. It’s time to look to a new electronic Clinical Supplies Management System and to learn the most important Dos and Don’ts when it comes to implementing and validating this system.February 17, 2016 - LIMS Reporting
Khemia’s Omega 11 LIMS has a complete and easily configurable report developer that is straightforward and easy to navigate. With a few simple steps, what main sections are to be included in a report, what order they are to be presented in and what analytical data, field data and/or QC data are to be presented may be modified as needed, allowing a laboratory to quickly configure their reports to fit their clients’ specific needs.February 11, 2016 - Free LIMS – An Oxymoron?
We're all familiar with Open Source "free" LIMS - but we pose the question: Is a Free LIMS really free? We take a closer look at this by examining the landscape, Implementation, Enhancement, and the Support for an Open Source "free" LIMS.February 10, 2016 - LIMS for diagnostic & research labs involved in molecular, cytology, histology, NGS, NBS, translational medicine & bio-banking
Modern specialty diagnostic laboratories need an integrated LIMS that can handle molecular diagnostics, cytology, histopathology, NGS, FLOW, biochemistry, genetic cytology (Cyto / FISH)and microbiology related processes in a single system. Advanced detection of mutations, abnormalities in cells, chromosomes, karyotypes, DNA, gene, enzymes studies and biomarkers are very helpful in identification of potential source of disease and better patient care.February 3, 2016 - Khemia Omega 11: Ad Hoc Queries
In almost every laboratory, a group of standard queries are developed within the LIMS. This prearranged group of queries covers 80-90% of the queries most laboratories and analysts will ever need. It is that “other” 10-20% of unique queries that can and will be the sticking point. It is often the lack of quick, customizable queries that can trip up productivity or limit quality control checks. Khemia’s Omega 11 offers an ad hoc query writer to overcome this.January 29, 2016 - Empower 3 Implementation – The 4 Dos and Donts
Learn the Do's and Don'ts of Waters Empower 3 implementation to ensure successful implementation, deployment, and validation.January 27, 2016 - 2016 Edition of the Complete Guide to LIMS & Laboratory Informatics released and ready for download
2016 Edition of the Complete Guide to LIMS & Laboratory Informatics released and ready for download.
Our LiMSforum group has just posted the 2016 Edition of the Complete Guide to LIMS & Laboratory Informatics. The guide has increased to 43 key LIMS vendors with published software prices and a collection of product demonstrations and over 200 other LIMS, LIS, ELN & SDMS vendors. You will want to login and access the system on-line since many of the product demonstrations are on-line videos. There is a free ebook download available as well to members of this group.
Please download your own copy or you can login with your Linkedin account and read the book directly on-line:
http://www.limsbook.com/the-complete-guide-to-lims-laboratory-informatics-2016-edition/
January 14, 2016 - What is a LIMS
A LIMS is not just a piece of software with features and functions, specifications and tests. That’s what a LIMS needs. But what a LIMS really is…..is a tool that can help you attain your scientific and business goals.January 13, 2016 - LIMS Journal 2015 Annual Peer Reviewed LIMS papers and articles ready for download
The
LiMSbook has posted the first of the Annual Archive of peer reviewed LIMS
Journal articles. There were 27 comprehensive articles published in the journal
in 2015 and we have compiled the complete list into our first Annual
Compilation. The Journal is of course free and open access. Please download your
own copy or you can login with your Linkedin account and read the journal
on-line:http://www.limsbook.com/lims-journal-annual-compilation-2015-edition/
