Historically, all types of labs and their associated testing have been positively affected by adopting part of ISO/IEC 17025 (or the entire standard). Some of these labs include analytical, regulatory, product development, manufacturing, research, reference, calibration, and clinical labs, though not without some resource investment. [Read More]

When it comes to laboratory testing, data is mission critical for laboratories. It provides lab managers with the information they need to evaluate samples, identify patterns, and make decisions, ensuring successful experiments and results. And yet, it is not uncommon for labs to find themselves buried under the weight of inefficient workflows, numerous testing processes, and a deluge of mismanaged data — and many labs are still operating on pen and paper. [Read More]

In a world where technological advancements are driving innovation across industries, the field of molecular biology and diagnostics is no exception. Helen Pye of QIAGEN's Molecular Assay Development Department, Manchester, UK, discusses implementing L7|ESP, a fully digitalized platform that is a game changer for QIAGEN's laboratory operations. In this blog post, we'll dive into the fascinating digital transformation taking place at QIAGEN and explore the potential benefits of digitalization in molecular biology and precision diagnostics. [Read More]

Are you on the hunt for the perfect Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for your business? Look no further. Here are three compelling reasons why QLIMS stands out from the crowd. [Read More]

Standardized and regulatory-driven material testing laboratories ensure high-quality, safe, and reliable materials which are paramount to how society functions.  Without materials testing laboratories testing the mechanical, chemical, and other properties of materials on a standardized, regular basis, much of the fabric of modern society would be in question. [Read More]

Over the past year, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Connell and O'Reilly Families Cell Manipulation Core Facility (DFCI CMCF) has been working to implement a LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) for their GMP cellular therapy manufacturing facility. In this blog post, we'll take you through their challenges before implementation, their experience with L7|ESP, and the benefits they've realized. [Read More]

The goal of a manufacturing department is to get the product out the door on time and within specifications. With large batches of products being produced, some sort of quality management system (QMS) is needed to ensure the best and most compliant product is delivered to consumers. A QMS may start out as a paper-based system and slowly transition to a spreadsheet, but without a fully automated and validated system, manufacturers risk security and compliance issues. [Read More]

In this 2023 paper published in JMIR Medical Informatics, Henke et al. of Technische Universität Dresden present the results of their effort to add "incremental loading" to the Medical Informatics in Research and Care in University Medicine's (MIRACUM's) clinical trial recruitment support systems (CTRSSs). Those CTRSSs already allows bulk loading of German-based FHIR data, supporting "the possibilities for multicentric and even international studies," but MIRACUM needed greater efficiencies when updating such data on a daily, incremental basis. The paper presents their literature review and approach to adding incremental loading to their systems. They conclude that the extract-transfer-load (ETL) "process no longer needs to be executed as a bulk load every day" with the change, instead being able to rely on "using bulk load for an initial load and switching to incremental load for daily updates." They add that this process has international applicability and is not limited to German FHIR data.