Lab Operations
Done right, labeling improves accuracy and enables data and resource sharing
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Although the basic concepts and techniques of Lean are straightforward, adapting them to a particular lab situation and integrating them into a defined process that uses resources well is quite a challenge.
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Techniques for prioritizing and managing tasks in alignment with your organization's goals
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Weights are a tricky subject. To be certain you have the right equipment for the job, consider the following during your next weight or weight-set purchase.
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Are you faster or slower than your peers? Are you more or less productive? Do you have more errors and repeat testing? How are others applying lean best practice principles to their lab operations?
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More than a year after an internal audit highlighted widespread deficiencies within the Baltimore Police Department's crime lab, the division has a backlog of thousands of analysis requests.
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North Carolina's attorney general has ordered an independent review of the state's crime lab following revelations about practices there that led to the exoneration of a man wrongly accused of murder.
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Many labs' budgets and staff time to prepare documents and presentations are quite limited. One way to make the most of this time may be to revise and update existing print documents for posting on company websites. By taking advantage of the unique
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Although the vast majority of Olympic athletes rely on their strength and skill alone, the possible financial rewards of victory can be so great that a few will almost certainly resort to the use of performance-enhancing substances in an attempt to gain the winning edge over their competitors.
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As the athletes take centre stage at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games this month, chemists will be hard at work behind the scenes to catch athletes looking to win by taking drugs or blood products to artificially boost their performance during the competition.
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Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) are essential tools for managing data for QA/QC/Process labs throughout the chemical and petroleum industries.
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Dr. Hakim Djaballah, director of the High-Throughput Screening (HTS) Core Facility at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, talks about his experiences setting up a screening lab in an academic environment.
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