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Welcome to LIMSwiki.org, the laboratory, health, and science informatics encyclopedia. Users have contributed: 1,619 articles. LIMSwiki is a collaborative wiki dedicated to the scientific community, featuring organized, documented, and up-to-date content regarding all aspects of laboratory informatics, bioinformatics, and health informatics. LIMSwiki also strives to maintain relevant knowledge about laboratory equipment as well as commercial and open-source software likely to be used in a laboratory setting. This also includes the vendors of such equipment and software. Like any community wiki, the value and success of LIMSwiki is dependent upon the scientific community contributing their vast knowledge through the creation of relevant articles and editing of existing articles where knowledge is absent. If you wish to enrich the content of this wiki or have something of value to add, please request an account and get started.

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Featured article of the week "Haves and have nots must find a better way: The case for open scientific hardware" Many efforts are making science more open and accessible; they are mostly concentrated on issues that appear before and after experiments are performed: open access journals, open databases, and many other tools to increase reproducibility of science and access to information. However, these initiatives do not promote access to scientific equipment necessary for experiments. Mostly due to monetary constraints, equipment availability has always been uneven around the globe, affecting predominantly low-income countries and institutions. Here, a case is made for the use of free open-source hardware in research and education, including countries and institutions where funds were never the biggest problem. (Full article...) Recently featured: ▪ CytoConverter: A web-based tool to convert karyotypes to genomic coordinates ▪ Implementing a novel quality improvement-based approach to data quality monitoring and enhancement in a multipurpose clinical registry ▪ Fast detection of 10 cannabinoids by RP-HPLC-UV method in Cannabis sativa L. — See more archived featured articles —

Learn more Need to know more about laboratory and other types of informatics? Here is some suggested reading:   Informatics Chromatography data system Electronic laboratory notebook Laboratory execution system Laboratory information management system Laboratory information system Scientific data management system All regulatory articles LIMSwiki publications: Laboratory Information Systems Project Management: A Guidebook for International Implementations, care of APHL A Guide for Management: Successfully Applying Laboratory Systems to Your Organization's Work The Complete Guide to LIMS & Lab Informatics

LIMSwiki books Examples of books printed from Wikipedia A LIMSwiki book is a collection of LIMSwiki articles that can be easily saved to the wiki, rendered electronically in PDF, or ordered as a printed book. Need to know more about LIMSwiki books? Create a book - use the book creator User help – help with using the tool Advanced help – help with advanced functions FAQ – a FAQ regarding the tool Feedback – report and track bugs Bookshelf Browse all 45 LIMSwiki books.

Laboratory informatics software and products Are you looking for LIMS software? An electronic laboratory notebook? Or perhaps laboratory equipment? Try these suggestions: All active lab equipment and software vendors CDS vendors past and present ELN vendors past and present LIMS vendors past and present LIS vendors past and present SDMS vendors past and present Misc. informatics software vendors past and present Additional tools: Laboratory and scientific informatics consultants Key laboratory informatics vendors and software Inactive informatics software vendors Classifications of vendors LIMS vendors by industry

LIMSwiki journal articles Open-access articles becoming more common A LIMSwiki journal article is a selected open-access article relating to various fields of informatics, free to republish elsewhere with proper citation. You can browse the collection using the tools below. Also note that like other articles found on this wiki, journal articles can be added to LIMSwiki books. For a full listing of journals — open-access and otherwise — relating to laboratory informatics, bioinformatics, and other forms of informatics, please see LIMSWiki:Resources/Journals. Journal articles Browse all 237 journal articles. All 23 journal articles about informatics in general · All 60 journal articles about health informatics

Open-source software Looking for open-source software solutions to make your lab or office more efficient? Try these locations: All open-source software options, by category Open-source ELN software Open-source LIMS software Open-source LIS software Open-source SDMS software

Additional LIMSwiki resources We've created several resources for users of the wiki over the years, including the LIMSwiki informatics resource portal, which contains among other tools: Magazines, journals, and blogs Organizations, not-for-profits, and special interest groups Conferences and trade shows Consultants Knowledge base, research, and reference Additional tools: NEW: LIMSpec 2019 R1 Past, Present, and Future of Cannabis Laboratory Testing and Regulation in the United States, Second Edition The Laboratories of Our Lives: Labs, Labs Everywhere! The Practical Guide to the U.S. Physician Office Laboratory Laboratory information system (LIS) questionnaire LIMS and laboratory informatics questionnaire Laboratory, Scientific, and Health Informatics Buyer's Guide

Additional information Latest news January 8, 2020: 160px The year 2020 has arrived, and with it comes reflection on the previous year and anticipation for what's to come. LIMSwiki saw updates to existing guides as well as new content getting created, though perhaps not as much as we would have liked. The biggest project from 2019 was likely the newest iteration of LIMSpec, a major overhaul of the prior version that took at its base took requirements from ASTM E1578-18 and added requirements from numerous other standards and regulations. The biggest update of 2019 was to the cannabis laboratory testing guide, which continues to expand. In 2020 we're looking forward to releasing more guides and books, including a significant look at what labs can do to develop a cybersecurity plan, as well as a buyer's guide for medical diagnostic and research labs. Stay tuned! Shawn Douglas (talk) 17:04, 8 January 2020 (UTC) February 11, 2019: We're happy to team up with the Association of Public Health Laboratories to highlight the existence of their new guide Laboratory Information Systems Project Management: A Guidebook for International Implementations. Released in November 2018, the guide collects comprehensive information from informaticians and laboratorians in regards to the implementation and project management of laboratory information systems (LIS) in the public health setting. With in-depth discussion and professional recommendations from contributors in multiple countries, this guide was created to provide valuable information for laboratory informatics newcomers and experienced laboratorians alike. Learn more about the guide here on the wiki. Shawn Douglas (talk) 21:52, 11 February 2019 (UTC) — Read more archived news — Most popular pages This section represents most popular pages by page view since January 2016. NOTE: Individuals from certain IP addresses are going to pages for informatics companies and are gaming the most popular mechanism, artificially inflating page views in a very short period of time. Those pages will not be listed here. If this practice continues, LIMSwiki will remove the most popular pages feature from the wiki completely. The most popular pages (by page views, minus records with artificially inflated page views) on LIMSwiki as of February 3, 2020 are: Main Page‏‎ (1,216,932 views) LIMS vendor (243,497 views) Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware‏‎ (228,363 views) LIS vendor (185,365 views) XOOPS (183,805 views) LIMS feature (164,051 views) LIS feature (139,909 views) ELN vendor (133,119 views) LabWare, Inc. (103,723 views) PmWiki ((93,679 views) LabLynx, Inc. (89,258 views) Laboratory information management system (77,005 views) Health informatics (76,137 views) Laboratory information system (68,020 views) SLCLAB Informática SL (57,764 views) Electronic laboratory notebook‏‎ (55,698 views) 21 CFR Part 11/Audit guidelines and checklist‏‎ (47,267 views) Laboratory informatics (43,502 views) Inactive vendor‏‎ (40,271 views) Physician office laboratory (38,707 views) Laboratory, Scientific, and Health Informatics Buyer's Guide‏‎ (38,592 views) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‏‎ (38,133 views) ELN feature‏‎ (37,896 views) Thermo Scientific (37,769 views) RURO Inc. (37,045 views) Blaze Systems Corporation ‏‎(35,014 views) Cloud computing (34,525 views) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments‏‎ (31,762 views) Bioinformatics‏‎ (29,042 views) ATGC Labs, LLC (28,783 views)