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Lab Management
Browse all Lab Management articles, guides, and protocols.
Common issues that should not be overlooked by commercial testing laboratories
Five compliance lapses commercial testing laboratories must not overlook: outdated SOPs, missing calibration records, expired standards, and lapsed training.
Benefits offered by laboratory information management systems for efficient control over laboratory operations
How Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) replace manual records with audit trails, barcoding, inventory control, and calibration tracking.
Prevention of accidents in Laboratory Stores
Practical suggestions for preventing fires, electrical hazards, spills, unplanned storage, and handling accidents in laboratory stores and warehouses.
Coordination & Strong Communication-Pillars of success of Laboratory Operations
How coordination and communication between analysts, QC, QA, purchase, stores, and other lab roles keep laboratory operations efficient and delay-free.
Special considerations in analysis of critical laboratory samples
Extra precautions referral laboratories should take with chemicals, glassware, sample handling, and records when analyzing critical or disputed samples.
Suggestions on use, qualification, handling and storage of laboratory working standards
Guidance on assaying, labeling, handling, and storing laboratory working standards correctly to preserve their integrity throughout their usage life.
Suggestions for improvement of laboratory workflows
Suggestions for improving laboratory workflows through better resource utilization, zoned sample planning, and timely addition of manpower and equipment.
Gains of Automation for your Laboratory
How automation in laboratories saves time, reduces errors, improves communication of results, and strengthens inventory control over manual methods.
How to avoid laboratory spills?
Practical tips for preventing chemical and powder spills in the laboratory through proper storage, transfer techniques, and glassware handling.
Suggestions on Maintaining Records of Laboratory activities
The article makes suggestions on record keeping and outlines advantages derived from keeping such records. It has been quoted ‘If you have not recorded it, you have not done it.'
Suggestions for sustained career growth in testing laboratories
Advice for building a sustained career in a testing laboratory through focus, time management, accurate records, instrument upkeep, and skill sharing.
Suggestions on overcoming data entry errors in laboratories
How to reduce transcription and transposition errors in laboratory data entry through balanced speed, work breaks, recognition software, and review.
Intermediate Controls on Laboratory Working Standards
How laboratories source, store, quality-check, and periodically re-verify working standards to keep them traceable to certified reference materials.
Benefits of adopting Good Documentation Practices (GDP)
Explains the scope of Good Documentation Practices under GLP, covering how experimental observations and controlled documents like SOPs should be maintained.
Importance of maintaining Laboratory Log Books
Why laboratory log books tracking instrument use, environmental conditions, and standard consumption support compliance, audits, and troubleshooting.
Management of critical laboratory samples and facilities
How laboratories should evaluate and handle critical samples and facilities, including reference standards, proficiency samples, and calibration tools.
How you can contribute to make your laboratory green?
A laboratory cannot be made green in one stroke by the efforts and directives of the senior management alone.
Importance of cleanliness in laboratories
Why cleanliness in laboratories reduces contamination, breakages, and costs, and why trained housekeeping staff are essential to maintaining it.
Why mobile phones are not permitted in laboratories?
Why mobile phones are restricted in laboratories, covering distraction, contamination, instrument signal interference, fire risk, and data security concerns.
Urgent need for conserving water in laboratories
Practical suggestions for conserving water in laboratories, covering solution preparation, labware washing, equipment cooling, and autoclave use.
Suggestions on conducting repair and renovation activities in laboratories
Planning tips for laboratory repair and renovation work that minimize productivity loss, staff distraction, and safety hazards during construction.
Importance of traceability of laboratory standards
Why traceability of laboratory standards to national or international references, required under ISO/IEC 17025:2005, underpins credible test results.
Tips on prevention of laboratory fire accidents
Practical tips for preventing laboratory fires, covering MSDS awareness, safe storage of flammables, fume hood use, and electrical short-circuit checks.