Laboratory
LIMS
Every sample arrives with a clock on it. Two years later an assessor reads the trail you left behind and decides whether to believe any of it.
Who uses it
- Sample reception
- Analyst
- Technical manager
- Quality manager
- Client
What it runs
- Sample loginSample registered from the client request, with the tests to be run attached.
- Chain of custodyEvery movement of the sample recorded, with who had it and when.
- Testing and resultsResults entered against the method, checked, and approved by the authorised signatory.
- Instruments and calibrationInstrument register, calibration due dates and the records behind them.
- Certificates and auditTest certificates generated from approved results, with the trail an assessor will ask for.
What the agents do
- Registers the sample and its test list from the client's request
- Drafts the certificate once results are approved
- Flags a sample whose turnaround is about to breach
- Raises calibration and competence records before they fall due
Thirty minutes on the LIMS system