CISPro Biological Materials Module Delivers Unique New Functionality for Tracking Biological Material in Inventory
ChemSW, Inc. has announced the availability of their CISPro Biological Materials Module that delivers enhanced functionality for tracking biological materials in inventory. Biological materials are traditionally difficult to track because they vary greatly in size, storage, and information needs, and they are easily propagated. As a result, traditional chemical inventory approaches don’t apply well to biological materials. With CISPro’s Biological Materials Module, it is now possible to easily track different biological criteria in inventory by user-defined properties as well as by sample or stock location.
“Biologicals and chemicals have very different storage management needs,” explains David Hessler, Vice President of Software Research and Development at ChemSW. “Freezer sample management, for example, is challenging in the typical biochemistry lab. Restriction enzymes, cell lines, culture samples, active compounds all have different identifying characteristics, and in most cases the quantity is not relevant. Often a researcher simply wants to know which freezer box holds the enzymes they need, or where a cell line is located — not how much is on hand. Thus, the biologicals inventory system needs to accommodate not only traditional inventory functions found in chemical tracking solutions but also biological-oriented features.”
Biologists, biochemists, molecular biologists, and other biological researchers need to maintain traceability and location of biological samples of all types. With the Biological Materials Module, freezer management, inventory counts, sample location, bar-coding, and informatics are now available together in a single, intuitive interface.
ChemSW’s Biological Materials Module capabilities include:
- Easily maintain traceability and location of biological samples of all types
- Track biological material by sample or stock location
- Track different biological criteria in inventory by user-defined properties
- Split samples and maintain the parentage of all samples
“Variations in information for biological materials can be dramatic,” Hessler continues. “Cell lines require media information; enzymes require cleavage sites or catalysts; viruses require host cell lines. This unique new module allows users to define material properties. For instance, researchers can specify a new property for a cell type, then further categorize it by red cells, white cells, etc., and then further segment the cell type by specific identification tags.”
Along with standard criteria such as location or species, the module provides researchers with the ability to track containers of reagents, bacteria or purified plasma in even greater detail through user-defined fields that suit their particular work processes.
Available now, the Biological Materials Module is resident in ChemSW’s CISPro Global and CISPro Live chemical inventory systems.
About CISPro
ChemSW’s CISPro Chemical Inventory System® solution is a high-performance, relational database system that delivers all the necessary tools to accurately track chemicals and supplies and meet safety and regulatory requirements, including bar code labeling, remote inventory control, document linking and links to MSDSs. An unlimited number of material classes can be tracked, including reference standards, with multiple security layers. Materials can easily be designated as GMP or lab use only, and inventories for individual business units can be maintained independently, within a single global database. The system interface can be adjusted based on custom logins, allowing the customer to specify what data each individual can access.
About ChemSW
Founded over a decade ago, ChemSW is a leading provider of chemical and biochemical inventory management systems, MSDS systems and other chemistry laboratory software and services. ChemSW’s wide range of products streamline laboratory processes and reduce chemical purchasing and disposal costs. ChemSW supports over 15,000 customers in more than 40 countries throughout the world.
If you would like more information on this exciting new product please feel free to contact us at info@chemsw.com or call us at 707-864-0845.
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