Increasing Productivity With Electronic Laboratory Notebooks

Posted on July 4, 2006 By Corinne Jones News

Increasing Productivity With Electronic Laboratory Notebooks
Selection, Implementation and Strategies for Compliance
Thursday, July 13, 2006

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Electronic Lab Notebooks are rapidly replacing conventional paper note books.  They are expected to increase lab efficiency and help to protect IP. The real advantage comes from better sharing data within the laboratory, but also across the enterprise. There are many notebooks on the market with prices ranging from a couple hundred dollars to the 10 or hundred fold. And most of them sooner or later will be used in FDA regulated environments. So industry is unsure what to buy and how to use the in regulated environments.

Key Questions related electronic laboratory notebooks are:

• What types of note books are on the market?

• How should we select such notebooks: price, functionality, vendor reputation?

• How can we get the most productivity gains through ELNs?

• We have notebooks, but want to use them for FDA work, what should we do?

• How can we use ELNs to share information across departments and the enterprise?

• Are there any FDA specific requirements for ELNs

• How to validate ELNs?

• Should ELNs comply with Part 11?

• How can we make existing ELNs compliant?

• Which laboratory records do we have to keep?

• For how long should we keep electronic records?

How does the audio seminar help:

Answers will be presented  by Dr. Ludwig Huber in a new interactive audio seminar. During the seminar, the speaker will present strategies and give practical recommendations. After the seminar, an extensive list of reference material like SOPs, templates and examples will help immediate and cost effective implementation. 

During the interactive presentation you learn about:

• Benefits of Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs)
• Applications of ELNs in different departments
• Selection criteria for specific applications or departments
• Legal requirements for laboratory notebooks
• FDA requirements for ELNs
• Requirements for e-record keeping
• Approach for validation of ELN systems
• Writing specifications for ELN
• Installation and testing for initial and on-going use
• Implementing Part 11 requirements for existing ELNs
• Preparing an ELN System for an FDA inspection
• Integrating laboratory notebooks with other systems
• The ultimate benefit: Sharing information across departments and sites
• The future of ELN’s

And for easy and instant implementation:
download 10+ documents from special seminar website

• SOPs:
  – Validation of Electronic Laboratory Notebooks
  – Using Electronic Laboratory Notebooks in an FDA Regulated Environment
  – Risk Based Validation of Laboratory Computer Systems
  – 21 CFR Part 11 – Scope and Controls
  – Retention and Archiving of Electronic Records
  – Data Back up and Restore
  – Scanning of Paper Records for GxP Compliant Archiving
• Templates/Checklist:
  – Gap Analysis/Checklist: Using Electronic Laboratory Notebooks in FDA Regulated Environments
• Reference Articles
  – Risk based validation of COTS Computer Systems
• Five Warning letters and/or Inspectional observations related to laboratory computers

• FDA Guidance for Industry:
  Investigating Out of Specification (OOS) Test Results for Pharmaceutical Production

Who should attend

• Analysts and lab managers

• QA managers and personnel 

• IT Managers and staff

• Validation specialists

• Regulatory affairs

• Human resources (HR) managers and staff

• Training departments

• Documentation department

• Consultants

About the speaker and guest

Dr. Ludwig Huber is worldwide compliance fellow at Agilent Technologies and author of the Labcompliance Newsletter. He has been conducting web and audio based seminars since five years. He has published several books related to validation and compliance in laboratories, for example: Validation of Computerized Analytical and Networked Systems. He was or still is a member of several committees, e.g., of the GAMP Special interest group (SIG) on Laboratory Computers, PDA Part 11 task force, IVT task force on network infrastructure qualification and the European Compliance Academy. For more information, click here.

Online audio are presented over the phone. During the seminar attendees can: Study the printed slide material Watch the slides on a computer Watch the slides on a video screen in a seminar room

Attendees can discuss and ask questions over the phone, fax or e-mail.

Date/time

Date: Thursday, July 13, 2006
US/Canada: 11 a.m. EST, 10 a.m. CST, 8.00 a.m. PST
EU:  5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

How to order/register
CDs can also be ordered after the seminar date

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by Corinne Jones