Freezerworks Blog
Version 12.03.00 Limited Release – September 2021
The latest Freezerworks release brings powerful tools to simplify authentication and enhance API functionalities for better lab management.
Version 11.0.02 – November 2019 Hotfix
The Version 11.0.02 hotfix eliminates redundant upgrade runs, ensuring smooth transitions and enhanced workflow for your lab.
Version 11.0.01 – November 2019 Hotfix
Upgrade your lab operations with Freezerworks 2021! Discover the Web Client features that make sample management smarter and faster.
Recognition and Reward in the Lab
Great employees are essential to lab success, and keeping them engaged and productive is crucial. Recognizing and rewarding lab employees can improve morale, engagement, and productivity while reducing turnover. Various methods of recognition and reward include incentive programs, formal recognition, financial rewards, and leadership development opportunities. Providing access to state-of-the-art technology, such as a robust laboratory information management system (LIMS), can also contribute to employee satisfaction and professional growth.
Five Pillars of Success for the New Lab Manager
Success as a laboratory manager requires effective capacity management, delegation, and a focus on organizational improvement. By implementing efficient systems and navigating obstacles, lab managers can enhance their effectiveness and create a positive impact on their team and operations.
Audit Trails in Sample Management: Why They Matter & What to Look For
What does a compliant sample management audit trail actually capture? See the requirements for FDA 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, and GxP
The Periodic Table of Compliance
Compliance is the backbone of every regulated lab. With increasing complexities in lab management, a robust LIMS system ensures processes are accurate, efficient, and compliant.
Cost Savings with Laboratory Information Management Systems
Installing a lab information management system can reduce quantitative costs and provide gains in efficiency and opportunity.
Best Practices for Lab Information System Integration
Integrating a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) with existing lab equipment and software is crucial for creating an efficient workflow. This complex process involves transferring data, updating procedures, and ensuring seamless connectivity between systems.
Expert Interview Series: Mark Graban of Leanhospitalsbook.com
Lean Healthcare, adapted from Lean Manufacturing principles, offers a transformative approach to improving hospital efficiency and patient care. Mark Graban, an expert in the field, explains that Lean methodology engages all staff in problem-solving, focusing on patient needs, safety, and quality.
Standards Matter for Laboratory Quality Control
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) create successful biorepositories by ensuring consistent approaches to specimen management, handling, and processing.
Why Lab Inventory Control Is Essential for Accuracy
Inventory control is an essential component of proper lab management. Without inventory control, compliance, results, accuracy and patient safety are compromised.
Four Tips for Excellent Lab Management
Here are 4 tips for excellent lab management to ensure that your laboratory management systems, employees, and processes are performing properly.
Competitive Advantage: A Compelling Case for Better Sample Management
The laboratory business is, in many ways, a zero-sum competitive game. There are only so many samples provided by so many hospitals, practices and clinics that will be sent out for analysis.
Labs are also businesses, either independently managed or operating as profit centers for larger medical enterprises. With competition keen, it’s crucial that labs identify, implement, and keep any competitive advantages they have in the marketplace.
