Effective Data Management in the Analytical Laboratory

It is very common to support security and data integrity in chromatography data system (CDS). This situation is slightly different for other analytical instruments such as spectroscopy equipment and electronic balances because they are not as many as HPLC and GC in the laboratory and they are often standalone system. A separate data management system is implemented in the software to store, backup, retrieve and archive data for each instrument to comply with regulations. As having separate data management system increases maintenance cost, a unified data management system is required. A solution for this requirement is to support a generic data management interface in the analytical data system to realize unified access control and data integrity for various instruments. This system also enables the user to make summary report from various instruments and to connect to the LIMS system through single interface. As a result, it decreases human errors and total operation cost. In this presentation, it is shown how the unified analytical data system achieves effective data management in the laboratory.