Posted on June 27, 2006
By Corinne Jones
Blog
Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) are by nature complex to design and build. They can be successfully applied across almost every facet of lab work, or once built, unfortunately, turn out to be essentially worthless.
Posted on June 27, 2006
By Corinne Jones
Newsletter
June 27, 2006 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 4, Issue 26 In This Issue LIMS Blog Postings LIMS Project Failure - an excellent report on the cause I recently wrote a blog on the failure of the LIMS at the FBI and provided a link to the article in the newspaper that reported the failure. Now the US DoJ, Office of the Inspector General Audit Division, has released, what I would consider, a very excellent and thorough report which provides an analysis of the cause and the recommendations. You can read more and view the entire report here. FBI cancels…
Posted on June 26, 2006
By Corinne Jones
Blog
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Posted on June 24, 2006
By Corinne Jones
Blog
I recently wrote a blog on the failure of the LIMS at the FBI and provided a link to the article in the newspaper that reported the failure. Now the US DoJ, Office of the Inspector General Audit Division, has released, what I would consider, a very excellent and thorough report which provides an analysis of the cause and the recommendations. You can read more and view the entire report here.
Posted on June 20, 2006
By Corinne Jones
Newsletter
June 20, 2006 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 4, Issue 25 In This Issue LIMS Blog Postings FBI cancels LIMS contract with JusticeTrax - Here we go again... Is the FBI jinxed or what? It seems like only yesterday that I wrote a blog concerning the FBI's failures on another large IT project. Granted 2 points do not make a trend but something is really wrong here. Some say RFID is stupid, some say it is cutting edge... I have read two commentaries by two different authors in two different publications that express diverging opinions about RFID. Personally, I agree…
Posted on June 19, 2006
By Corinne Jones
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Spectro Analytical Instruments, a Division of Ametek, has introduced a new low-cost but powerful Inductively-Coupled Plasma (ICP) called the GENESIS, specifically targeted to the environmental laboratory and waste water analysis markets.
Posted on June 18, 2006
By Corinne Jones
Blog
We have added 36 new documents to the Labcompliance UsersClub. They include eight SOPs, four checklists/ templates/examples, two reference papers, eight FDA presentations, three FDA guidance documents and 12 FDA warning letters/483's related to GMP/GLP or GCP.
Posted on June 18, 2006
By Corinne Jones
Blog
The "GAMP Guide for Validation of Automated Systems (GAMP 4)" is recognized as industry standard for computer validation. While this guide is an excellent framework for computer validation in general it is not detailed enough for specific applications, for example, laboratories.
Posted on June 18, 2006
By Corinne Jones
Blog
In March of 1997 the FDA issued final Part 11 regulations that provide criteria for acceptance by the FDA of electronic records, electronic signatures, and handwritten signatures executed to electronic records as equivalent to paper records and handwritten signatures.
Posted on June 16, 2006
By Corinne Jones
Blog
Is the FBI jinxed or what? It seems like only yesterday that I wrote a blog concerning the FBI's failures on another large IT project. Granted 2 points do not make a trend but something is really wrong here.
Posted on June 13, 2006
By Corinne Jones
Newsletter
June 13, 2006 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 4, Issue 24 In This Issue Announcements LIMSfinder.com Welcomes Labcompliance.com LIMSfinder.com introduces new In-Line Text ads Download the Free LIMSfinder Toolbar Articles GLP Regulations on Computerized Systems Java Stored Procedures in a LIMS Environment Zen and the Art of LIMS Troubleshooting The Impact of the Guidance for Industry Part 11, Electronic Records, Electronic Signatures – Scope and Application Take Real Control Over Chemical Inventory Management Instrument-LIMS Integration Technologies Industry Solution Focus - Forensics Forensics Magazine Provides forensic professionals with information on the newest and most relevant technology, trends, products, and solutions. Forensics…
Posted on June 6, 2006
By Corinne Jones
Newsletter
June 06, 2006 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 4, Issue 23 In This Issue Announcements LIMSExpert Blog added to the LIMSfinder Toolbar Introducing LIMSpec.com, the on-line LIMS Specification Database Download the Free LIMSfinder Toolbar Articles Is your LIMS worth the price paid? Controlling Code: Controlling custom code in a validated environment LIMS - Pharmaceutical Industries Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) Requirements Do-it-yourself LIMS, Potential Disruptive Technology, No? Featured Webcasts WEBCAST FOR LABORATORIES WILL UNCOVER STRATEGIC BENEFITS OF INTEGRATING CDS WITH LIMS JOIN PERKINELMER FOR A FREE WEBCAST Processing and Managing HL7 Messages LIMS, the laboratory ERP In the Press Biodirectory…
