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ELAP/Laboratory

Roadmap to a Successful LIMS Implementation: CA ELAP Edition

Friday, April 21, 2023
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM PST
Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) have become an essential solution for many environmental and water/wastewater laboratories. Today’s LIMS provide functionality that extends beyond sample management, results entry, and reporting. A LIMS also allows organizations to streamline processes, improve productivity, and reduce overhead costs. And perhaps most importantly in California, a LIMS can provide what is needed to ensure compliance with the forthcoming changes in the CA ELAP.

Implementing a LIMS can be a very costly in terms of both time and money. Additionally, an incorrect LIMS decision can be felt for some time as the laboratory either tries to make the LIMS work, goes back to using a previous solution, or begins the search for a LIMS all over again. This presentation will focus on the LIMS planning and implementation process that begins with defining the project scope and ends with final deployment and going live.

Learning Objectives:

  • Attendees will walk through the four phases of a LIMS implementation process: defining project scope, configuration and setup, implementation and training, and going live.
  • Attendees will hear about best practices and lessons learned that will help avoid obstacles to a successful LIMS deployment project.
  • Attendees will learn why it is critical that LIMS requirements be defined for today and into the future to avoid premature obsolescence.
  • Learn about one California ELAP laboratory’s LIMS implementation experience and how they are preparing for the ELAP changes.