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<h2 style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em; width:50%;">November 23, 2020:</h2>
[[File:Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.jpg|left|180px]] '''Sadly, the [[COVID-19]] [[pandemic]] rages on''', and with it plenty of changes since late August. As such, it was time to again update our guide ''[[LII:COVID-19 Testing, Reporting, and Information Management in the Laboratory|COVID-19 Testing, Reporting, and Information Management in the Laboratory]]''. For this "Fall 2020" edition (previous version was "2.0"), not only are historical data, statistics, URLs, and test kit information updated, as usual. This update also adds the latest on the long-term effects of the disease, organizational and agency guidance, changes to laboratory-developed tests, billing and reporting, point-of-care and at-home testing, biosafety, and much more. Some lengthy sections were also given a few subsection headers for better presentation. May the new content prove useful. Stay safe!


[[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] ([[User talk:Shawndouglas|talk]]) 17:07, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
<h2 style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em; width:50%;">August 24, 2021:</h2>
[[File:Cloud-computing-1.gif|left|180px]] '''I'm pleased to announce the release''' of several new guides! First we have ''[[LII:Choosing and Implementing a Cloud-based Service for Your Laboratory|Choosing and Implementing a Cloud-based Service for Your Laboratory]]''. This one has been a long while in the making, but we finally have it out in all its first edition glory. This guide examines the current state of [[cloud computing]] and the security mechanisms inherent to it, especially in regards to how they relate to today's [[Laboratory|laboratories]]. The guide also, necessarily, addresses organizational risk management before actually getting into the nuts and bolts of how the lab can benefit from cloud-based informatics applications such as [[laboratory information management system]]s (LIMS). In particular, this guide emphasizes the connection between the laboratory's [[quality control]] personnel and efforts towards maintaining the secure use of cloud applications in the lab. It also addresses the usefulness of managed security services before getting into selecting them and other cloud providers, and the RFI procedures that can benefit the selection process. Several appendices provide extra contextual information to your provider selection journey.


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Secondly, the ''[[cannaqawiki:RefWork:LIMS Buyer’s Guide for Cannabis Testing Laboratories|LIMS Buyer’s Guide for Cannabis Testing Laboratories]]'' is live on our sister wiki, CannaQAwiki. This guide recognizes the challenges of the current cannabis testing environment for laboratories and identifies the value of the LIMS towards lessening the impact of those challenges on the cannabis testing lab. Happy reading!


<h2 style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em; width:50%;">August 27, 2020:</h2>
[[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] ([[User talk:Shawndouglas|talk]]) 17:56, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
[[File:Covid-19 San Salvatore 09.jpg|left|180px]] '''With input from others''', more work has been put into the guide ''[[LII:COVID-19 Testing, Reporting, and Information Management in the Laboratory|COVID-19 Testing, Reporting, and Information Management in the Laboratory]]''. Not only has the rapidly changing state of the [[COVID-19]] [[pandemic]] forced more timely updates to this guide, but also a need to clarify how a [[laboratory]] can get started with COVID-19 and other respiratory testing became obvious. As such, the guide receives an entire new chapter on the considerations surrounding adding such testing [[workflow]] to your lab. Additionally, statistics have been updated, new test methods and findings have been added, citations have been updated and added, and other minor tweaks have been made. As such, the guide has been incremented from version 1.1 to 2.0. Hope you find the new content useful. Stay safe!


[[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] ([[User talk:Shawndouglas|talk]]) 22:24, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
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<h2 style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em; width:50%;">July 24, 2020:</h2>
<h2 style="font-size:105%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em; width:50%;">July 1, 2021:</h2>
[[File:Innovation & Research Symposium Cisco and Ecole Polytechnique 9-10 April 2018 Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity (40631791164).jpg|left|180px]] '''After some on-again, off-again research,''' we finally had time to put the finishing touches on a [[cybersecurity]] guide. With more [[Laboratory|laboratories]] than ever using networked hardware and software tools to manage data, improve [[workflow]]s, and provide insights, it seemed time to address the importance of laboratories focusing on cybersecurity. We say "laboratories," but to be fair, our completed ''[[LII:Comprehensive Guide to Developing and Implementing a Cybersecurity Plan|Comprehensive Guide to Developing and Implementing a Cybersecurity Plan]]'' and its companion piece, ''[[:File:An Example Cybersecurity Plan - Shawn Douglas - v1.0.pdf|An Example Cybersecurity Plan]]'', will undoubtedly be useful to practically any business wanting to take a start at or improve existing cybersecurity planning. The guide provides background to cybersecurity planning, proposes a 10-step process for creating a plan, and offers up a simplified version of security controls from NIST Special Publication 800-53, Rev. 4, tied into our existing [[Book:LIMSpec 2019 R1|LIMSpec]] document. The example plan puts that 10-step process to work in the fictional environmental lab ABC123 Co. We hope you find both documents useful. May your cybersecurity efforts be fruitful!
[[File:Kings college 1770.gif|left|180px]] '''This quick update is to inform you''' that after some neglect, the [[LIMSWiki:Resources/Education|education section of the LIMSwiki Resource center]] has finally received an update. Time was short to check everything in each higher education facility's record, but all education program URLs were verfied and updated extensively. In a few cases, additional or new programs were added when found. This resource was originally developed in 2013, and in 2016 it received an update. It was very much in need of a refresh (particularly after the [[COVID-19]] [[pandemic]] ravaged many higher education programs), and I finally found a little time to get it done. Happy educational program hunting!


[[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] ([[User talk:Shawndouglas|talk]]) 17:02, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
[[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] ([[User talk:Shawndouglas|talk]]) 23:49, 1 July 2021 (UTC)


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Revision as of 18:09, 24 August 2021

August 24, 2021:

I'm pleased to announce the release of several new guides! First we have Choosing and Implementing a Cloud-based Service for Your Laboratory. This one has been a long while in the making, but we finally have it out in all its first edition glory. This guide examines the current state of cloud computing and the security mechanisms inherent to it, especially in regards to how they relate to today's laboratories. The guide also, necessarily, addresses organizational risk management before actually getting into the nuts and bolts of how the lab can benefit from cloud-based informatics applications such as laboratory information management systems (LIMS). In particular, this guide emphasizes the connection between the laboratory's quality control personnel and efforts towards maintaining the secure use of cloud applications in the lab. It also addresses the usefulness of managed security services before getting into selecting them and other cloud providers, and the RFI procedures that can benefit the selection process. Several appendices provide extra contextual information to your provider selection journey.

Secondly, the LIMS Buyer’s Guide for Cannabis Testing Laboratories is live on our sister wiki, CannaQAwiki. This guide recognizes the challenges of the current cannabis testing environment for laboratories and identifies the value of the LIMS towards lessening the impact of those challenges on the cannabis testing lab. Happy reading!

Shawn Douglas (talk) 17:56, 24 August 2021 (UTC)


 

July 1, 2021:

Kings college 1770.gif

This quick update is to inform you that after some neglect, the education section of the LIMSwiki Resource center has finally received an update. Time was short to check everything in each higher education facility's record, but all education program URLs were verfied and updated extensively. In a few cases, additional or new programs were added when found. This resource was originally developed in 2013, and in 2016 it received an update. It was very much in need of a refresh (particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged many higher education programs), and I finally found a little time to get it done. Happy educational program hunting!

Shawn Douglas (talk) 23:49, 1 July 2021 (UTC)