Laboratory information management system
From LIMSWiki
A laboratory information management system (LIMS) is an element of laboratory informatics that involves a system of hardware and software tools used in laboratories for the management of operational information.
History
Components
A LIMS must consist of the following components, either as one stand alone system, or as an integrated group of systems:
- Analyst personnel records/training system
- Business process/workflow management
- Client relations management
- Data analysis/manipulation
- Electronic laboratory notebook
- Instrument control and data management (e.g., chromatography data management system)
- Sample tracking
- Scientific data management system
- Test method/Procedure Management
- Test result tracking
- Standards management (reference standard, working standard, and other)
- Workload and resource management
