LIMS Blog

Is your lab still using Excel spreadsheets to gather information about your testing process, environment, and results? Or, is your current Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) outdated, inflexible, or missing crucial features that a new system could provide for your end users? If so, it’s time to implement a better LIMS (an informatics solution) to...

Adding a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) in your lab is daunting if you’re new to the system evaluation process. Fortunately, the process is more easily navigated with a tried-and-tested blueprint to help you select, configure, and launch your LIMS. Since a LIMS has the potential to drastically improve your lab’s operational efficiency, it’s worth the...

If you work in an FDA regulated environment, you know how critical 21 CFR Part 11 compliance is when using a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to process electronic signatures or electronic records that fall under the FDA’s predicate rule. Part 11 includes three sections: Subpart A “General Provisions”, Subpart B “Electronic Records” and Subpart C...

There’s a reason that more and more labs are transitioning to cloud-based LIMS over traditional on-premise systems. Just as consumer applications like email, banking, and entertainment have migrated to the cloud, so too are scientific research applications. Modern organizations are operating in a ‘cloud-first’ paradigm, meaning the cloud is now the preferred delivery means for any...

One of the most time-saving processes your clinical testing lab can implement is reporting samples automatically and directly from your Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). It’s a notable improvement over preparing and delivering your reports manually, which can be an extremely error-prone effort and one of the biggest bottlenecks in your sample testing process. Fortunately,...

Maintaining the integrity of your lab’s data is paramount. Doing so within a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is essential. You must be confident that all data is complete and accurate. If changes were made to your data erroneously, it is critical to know what happened, and that you can restore the accuracy of the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed the way teams interact with each other and with work. It is now necessary for laboratories to adapt or lose important talent and productivity. Today’s article will teach you how to use cloud-based lab software to adapt to a hybrid laboratory working environment and drive your team’s efficiency to...

A Laboratory Information Management System or LIMS (also referred to as a Laboratory Information System) offers a variety of functions to manage your lab more efficiently. Each lab stakeholder use a LIMS for a different purpose, and will benefit from the LIMS in different ways. Below, we review different LIMS functionalities and the value they...

A Lab’s Journey from Excel to a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Over the last several years, the team at Third Wave Analytics has spoken with hundreds of laboratory managers around the world. What we’ve realized throughout that process is that there is a common evolution laboratories go through in their journey from newly implemented...

Implementing a laboratory information management system (LIMS) might be one of your lab’s most critical initiatives. The benefits of a LIMS are numerous. Today, some LIMS, such as Lockbox, contains so many features that virtually every aspect of the lab can be positively impacted by the system. However, because modern LIMS have so many features,...