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A laboratory information management system (LIMS) can make a major contribution to the quality and therefore to the efficiency and competitiveness of a laboratory. Since it can impact all aspects of a laboratory's organization it must be the key if not the principal player of the laboratory's quality system. It should support the laboratory in establishing, maintaining and applying quality procedures thereby enabling the laboratory to achieve its quality goals. As a tool, LIMS permits the laboratory to input and use its own know-how and experience to optimize the total organization (internal and external) and workflow of generated information. However, perceived "quality" in the context of an LIMS, can be viewed as being made up of different facets such as the security, reliability and accessibility of information as well as its turn around time and production cost. This paper reviews the role of a LIMS in the laboratory and the contribution that both system design and functionality can have on "building quality ".
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Received: 5 October 1998 · Accepted: 20 October 1998
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Steele, T., Laugier, A. & Falco, F. The impact of LIMS design and functionality on laboratory quality achievements. Accred Qual Assur 4, 102–106 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007690050324
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007690050324