Laboratory Information Management System

Question 1

LIMS MAKES LABS ________ & _________, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF
SAMPLES

Answer 1

MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE

Question 2

Functional Requirements and Features of LIMS

Answer 2

1. Sample Management
2. Workflow Management
3. Reporting
4. EHR/EMR
5. Mobile
6. ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

Question 3

the question “Where it’s been, and where it needs to go next?” is under what function requirement of LIMS?

Answer 3

Sample Management

Question 4

• Who or what the sample was taken
from?
• Which researchers/providers are
working with it?
• Where it’s been, and where it needs
to go next?
• How to store it?
• When it needs to move?

these are under what functional requirements of LIMS?

Answer 4

sample management

Question 5

• Records Keeping
•Decision Making
• Work assignments
• Suggest instruments based on
preset rules
• Suggest protocols and
procedures based on what you
need

Answer 5

Workflow Management

Question 6

Which instruments get used the most?
•How long is your backlog?
• What is the average time it takes for your lab to process a sample?
•Useful for data analysis and processing

Answer 6

Reporting

Question 7

Patient Check in and Billing

Answer 7

EHR/EMR

Question 8

as smartphones become more and more

acceptable in the lab, consider whether it will be useful

Answer 8

Mobile

Question 9

• Helps monitor your inventory

* Notifies when your stocks are low

Answer 9

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

Question 10

• Electronic lab notebooks
• Sample management programs
• Process execution software
• Records management software
• Applications to interface with analytical instruments or data systems
• Workflow tools
• Client tracking applications
• Best practice and compliance databases
• Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software

Answer 10

Core Components of LIMS

Question 11

Laboratory Standards (OSHA) also called as ____

Answer 11

Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories standard (29 CFR 1910.1450)

Question 12

Laboratory is a facility where the “laboratory use of

_____________” occurs

Answer 12

hazardous chemicals

Question 13

It is a workplace where relatively small quantities of hazardous chemicals are used on a nonproduction basis.

Answer 13

“Laboratory”

Question 14

this involves the handling or use of such chemicals in which all of the following conditions are met

Answer 14

Laboratory Use of Hazardous Chemicals

Question 15

Chemical manipulations are carried out on a “_______________” Multiple chemical procedures or chemicals are used

Answer 15

laboratory scale

Question 16

“__________________ and equipment” are available and in common use

Answer 16

Protective laboratory practices

Question 17

Chemicals used in building maintenance of a laboratory are ____________ under the Laboratory standard.

Answer 17

not covered

Question 18

The production of a chemical for _____________, even in small quantities, is not covered by the Laboratory standard

Answer 18

commercial sale

Question 19

_________________ of a product is not covered under the Laboratory standard.

Answer 19

Quality control testing

Question 20

Addresses all the aspects of a laboratory standard including procurement, storage, handling, and disposal of chemicals used.

Answer 20

Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP)

Question 21

_________ EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS

Answer 21

MINIMIZING

Question 22

CHEMICAL MONITORING FOR ______________ LEVELS

Answer 22

MEDICALLY ALARMING

Question 23

PROCEDURES FOR _______________ FOR WORK-RELATED EXPOSURES MUST BE STATED

Answer 23

FREE MEDICAL CARE

Question 24

RESPONSIBILITY: OBTAINING MSDS TRAINING SESSIONS MONITORING EMPLOYEE PRACTICE
ANNUAL REVISIONS are included under primary elements of

Answer 24

Chemical hygiene plan

Question 25

______________ defines contract management as the “process of managing contract creation, execution and analysis to maximize operational and financial performance at an organization, all while reducing financial risk

Answer 25

Goodrich (2013)

Question 26

Organizations encounter an ever-increasing

amount of pressure to ________ & ___________ company performance

Answer 26

reduce costs and improve

Question 27

________________ proves to be a very
time-consuming element of business, which
facilitates the need for effective and
automated contract management system

Answer 27

Contract management

Question 28

• Priorities based on instrument availability
• Sample tracking
• Queuing
• Planning of workload schedules

Answer 28

worklist and workflow

Question 29

Makes sure that the equipment is working inside the prescribed parameter

Answer 29

Quality Control