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Improving Lab Sample Management - POS/MCEARD
Citation:
BASSETT, M. AND M. BINFORD. Improving Lab Sample Management - POS/MCEARD. Presented at 2008 EPA 2008 Conference on Managing Environmental Quality Systems, Seattle, WA, April 21 - 24, 2008.
Impact/Purpose:
Presentation given at the 2008 EPA Conference on Managing Environmental Quality Systems
Description:
"Scientists face increasing challenges in managing their laboratory samples, including long-term storage of legacy samples, tracking multiple aliquots of samples for many experiments, and linking metadata to these samples. Other factors complicating sample management include the need to share samples amongst team members and dealing with multiple sample storage units. To address these issues, the National Exposure Research Laboratory in Cincinnati has an ongoing project to increase scientist’s productivity and improve the condition under which their samples are stored. This talk will provide details of the project, including the development of a sample handling policy and the deployment of an electronic sample tracking system."