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Laboratory Informatics Systems Help Eliminate Data Entry Errors | LabLynx LIMS

Laboratory Informatics Systems Help Eliminate Data Entry Errors

May 18, 2023
During the workday, laboratory personnel generate data and information. That intellectual material forms the basis of decisions about product quality, research directions, someone’s health, and other matters. Data and information must be entered into reports, computer systems, databases, and software packages to be useful. While that seems like a trivial task, it isn’t, not because typing a few keystrokes is…
New Biofuels Research: Turning the Unwanted into Energy | LabLynx LIMS

New Biofuels Research: Turning the Unwanted into Energy

May 17, 2023
As discussed in a previous LabLynx blog, “Automation in Farming Can Forever Change the Agriculture Industry,”1 demand for food production may need to increase by as much as 70 percent to feed the world’s estimated 9.7 billion people by 2050. While feeding the world is an obvious priority, many also believe there is an equally important need to reduce the world’s…
Align Your LIMS and Org Chart to Optimize Lab Performance | LabLynx LIMS

Align Your LIMS and Org Chart to Optimize Lab Performance

May 15, 2023
LabLynx recently published the article LIMS Optimization: Aligning a LIMS to the Way Your Lab Works to explain how you can make your laboratory information management system (LIMS) reflect—and improve—your lab’s operations. One of the most common requests from our clients is to configure their management structure into their LabLynx ELab LIMS solution. LIMS user profiles for supervisors and managers…
How the LabLynx LIMS Helps Labs Achieve Good Laboratory Practice | LabLynx LIMS

How the LabLynx LIMS Helps Labs Achieve Good Laboratory Practice

May 8, 2023
Good laboratory practice, or GLP, is a quality system of management concerned with the organizational process and conditions of non-clinical laboratory testing. These controls for uniformity, consistency, reliability, quality, and integrity aim to ensure the safety and efficacy of products in development for humans or animals and are followed by a variety of lab types, including those in food testing,…
Are You Happy with Your LIMS? | LabLynx LIMS

Are You Happy with Your LIMS?

May 7, 2023
In today’s fast-paced scientific landscape, Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficiency and accuracy of laboratory operations. From biotech companies to environmental agencies, the use of a LIMS can significantly influence the workflow and overall productivity of a laboratory. However, as with any technology, the satisfaction levels can vary significantly among users. Are you…
Advantages of a Contract Testing Laboratory | LabLynx LIMS

Advantages of a Contract Testing Laboratory

May 1, 2023
A contract testing laboratory is an independent organization that performs scientific research or conducts testing for external clients. These third-party laboratories complete activities that cannot be accomplished internally by their clients. The contract can be specific to certain components of an overall project and can last from weeks to many years, depending on the need. Businesses across multiple industries choose…
FDA Modernization Act 2.0, NAMs, and Their Impact on Laboratories | LabLynx LIMS

FDA Modernization Act 2.0, NAMs, and Their Impact on Laboratories

April 26, 2023
Thanks to a new U.S. law, drugs under development no longer need to be tested on animals before being administered to volunteers in human trials. Long-time animal rights advocates have lobbied for this action, while some people working in the pharmaceutical sector have claimed that animal testing may be both expensive and ineffective. The FDA Modernization Act 2.0 has caused…
Five Steps to a Successful LIMS Data Migration | LabLynx LIMS

Five Steps to a Successful LIMS Data Migration

April 24, 2023
To put it simply, data migration is the act of moving data from one system to another. However, the data migration process takes a great deal of thought and planning.  Whether you are moving data from a deprecating laboratory information management system (LIMS) to a new one or you’re a paper-based laboratory that has chosen to implement a LIMS for…
Everything You Need to Know About Lab Inventory Management | LabLynx LIMS

Everything You Need to Know About Lab Inventory Management

April 17, 2023
It’s Thursday morning, and the director of R&D has a rush set of samples that need to be analyzed now (it’s always a rush). Do you have the materials on hand to do the work? Who’s your go-to supplier for fast delivery if something is in short supply? Is the equipment that will be used in good working condition and…
Environmental and Health Impact of Vinyl Chloride | LabLynx LIMS

Environmental and Health Impact of Vinyl Chloride

April 12, 2023
On Friday, February 3, 2023, at approximately 9:00 p.m., a Norfolk Southern Railway train carrying cargo from Madison, Illinois, to Conway, Pennsylvania, derailed in the small town of East Palestine, Ohio. A total of 38 cars derailed, and the fire that ensued damaged 12 others. This is normally the part of the story where the author would mention injuries and…