February 2, 2021 - How PCR and Antigen Testing Can Work Together for Lab COVID Testing
Widespread COVID-19 screening programs are the only way many businesses, schools and other organizations can keep running. Using PCR tests, however, often creates unmanageable turnaround times as clients must send samples to labs, then wait for them to be received, prepped, batched, tested and their results reported. Rapid antigen tests, while not quite as accurate, are speedy and good...
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January 26, 2021 - Avoiding Food Crime in the Supply Chain
While Quality Assurance and Quality Control are vital parts of the work laboratories carry out in the food and drink sector, their role in avoiding and preventing food crime should not be overlooked and neither should the role of the Laboratory Information Management System in this vital area.
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January 26, 2021 - Astrix Case Study – Selecting a LIMS for the Laboratory
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Increased biopharmaceutical R&D outsourcing, exponentially growing data volumes, and new technologies have led to a growing complexity in laboratory workflows. At the same time, laboratories are being asked to reduce costs and increase quality, compliance, and efficiency. This challenging work environment has made highly functional Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) an operational necessity. [Read More]January 26, 2021 - Sunquest Mitogen LIMS in Action
Sunquest Mitogen™ LIMS is a purpose-built workflow management tool for molecular and genetic testing. Watch this new video to see how it can start helping your lab become more efficient while scaling for volume and complexity.
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January 19, 2021 - Positioning the Health System to Weather the Storm of COVID-19 through Best-of-Breed Laboratory Technology
Five areas of focus emerge when we look at how best-of-breed technology is helping labs manage through COVID-19. Get the new white paper.
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January 19, 2021 - Remote Tech for COVID-Safe Cannabis Lab Testing
Cannabis testing labs will be following pandemic-related safety procedures for most of 2021. But productivity suffered under the patchwork measures labs took to enable remote working and protect employees who remain in the labs. Laboratory information systems restore productivity while making remote working easier and onsite employees safer...
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January 19, 2021 - Ultimate LIMS Solution with Traceable Glassware Module
CaliberLIMS is the World’s 1st LIMS that comes with a traceable glassware module. This LIMS module can easily register, document, and trace the glassware used in a laboratory through a simple QR code scan.
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January 19, 2021 - Maximizing User Adoption of a New LIMS
A laboratory information management system (LIMS) functions as a centralized hub for managing many of the activities and workflows in modern laboratories. Selection, implementation and rollout of a LIMS is a high-risk activity for organizations, because inefficient or ineffective laboratory operations can translate into poor product quality, higher costs and regulatory compliance challenges.
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January 12, 2021 - Remote Working in a Laboratory Environment?
New Year new Opportunities, right? But how can we overcome the challenges of remote lab work we have already been facing since 2020? Because more and more people are working remotely from home, we wanted to find out what the situation looks like for you, following the current trends with our survey.
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January 12, 2021 - What Vaccines Mean for COVID-19 Testing Labs
COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out in the United States and around the world, but now is not the time for complacency. One, two or even dozens of vaccines won’t immediately turn the tide of this pandemic. Inoculating enough of the population to make a difference will take time. And several issues will extend the pandemic beyond 2021. As a result, COVID-19 testing must be as ubiquitous...
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January 12, 2021 - How to Digitalize the Entire Process of Sample Management?
Sample Management involves all the activities during the lifecycle of a sample in the lab. Right from sample login to generation of certification of analysis (COA), all information must be diligently managed. If data management at each stage of the process is done manually, the process itself would take away chunks of time from the QC’s day for analysis/ review/approval and QA for review/ approval.
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January 12, 2021 - Sunquest Physician Portal for Covid-19
For labs navigating through high volumes of COVID-19 testing, the Sunquest Physician Portal for COVID-19 provides automation of orders and results for improved turnaround times, increased accuracy, higher test throughput, and compliant reporting.
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January 5, 2021 - How Wastewater Labs Can Help Defeat the Pandemic
Health officials are turning to wastewater systems to track the spread of COVID-19 and identify vulnerable communities. Clinical labs that perform coronavirus testing do not understand the methodologies for wastewater analysis. As the National Wastewater Surveillance System comes online, wastewater testing labs can take on a critical role in bringing the pandemic under control...
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January 5, 2021 - Strategies for Creating Effective Technical Documentation – Part 3
In part 2 of our blog series on creating effective technical documentation, we detailed a best practice methodology that ensures the documentation will maximize benefits for your organization (part 1).January 5, 2021 - Does Your LIMS Need a Tune Up?
It might now be several years since you first deployed your LIMS, but have you paid it the attention it deserves? Your laboratory could be running much greater sample numbers or your lab processes and workflows may have changed over time. It could be time to think about a ‘tune up’.
Surprisingly, small configuration changes can make a big difference to the efficiency of your laboratory operation. [Read More]
December 30, 2020 - Lab Informatics Insights 2020
It’s typical for a service provider to stay up-to-date with industry happenings and to continually learn about their potential clients’ ever-changing needs. There are programs and measures in place to calculate and monitor these needs. At CSols, we developed a set of polls and quizzes to identify industry trends and collect feedback from those whom our lab informatics services can help. The respondents were contacts across various industries, and at different stages in their lab informatics project. [Read More]
December 30, 2020 - Diversification: The Key to Surviving as a Cannabis Testing Lab
Organizations, Businesses, Schools and Colleges everywhere need testing programs. Data-driven decision making has put laboratories squarely in the center of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Unfortunately, even CLIA-certified clinical diagnostic labs can’t contribute unless they have the resources to conduct COVID-19 molecular diagnostics testing. But now there may...
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December 30, 2020 - Laboratory Informatics Webcast Series – The Digital Laboratory: What the Future Holds
Astrix Technology Group has been helping scientific organizations implement and integrate new informatics systems in the laboratory since 1995. Our experienced team of expert informatics consultants bring together technical, strategic, regulatory and content knowledge to provide the most effective solutions to problems faced by scientific organizations. Astrix partners with many of the industry leaders in this space and have brought them together for a one of kind webcast series that will delve into the future of lab informatics and technology. [Read More]December 30, 2020 - Positioning the Health System to Weather the Storm of COVID-19
Five areas of focus emerge when we look at how best-of-breed technology is helping labs manage through COVID-19. Get the new white paper. [READ MORE]
December 30, 2020 - Cloud Hosting – Makes Sense
In recent years, cloud technology has evolved into a universal essential technology platform, transforming the healthcare industry as we know it. Introducing the cloud-based laboratory information system, which is expected to become the leading trend in the laboratory information systems market. This advancement provides storage and servers over the internet at a reduced cost, as well as increasing speed, productivity, and security of the systems in the network.
SCC Soft Computer’s diverse product solutions are all available on the cloud, offering unique features and benefits per module. Click here to learn more about our products hosted on the cloud.
