laboratory information management system

synonym: laboratory information system
acronyms: LIMS, LIS
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08084
Information system which can provide services to one or more measuring systems.
Notes:
  1. Services include the control of automated analyses and collecting, processing, storing, and managing of data.
  2. LIMS functionality can include sample registration and tracking (through barcodes, chips, etc.), electronic laboratory notebooks, report generation, quality control, and financial control.
  3. In laboratory medicine, the term "Laboratory Information System" is common.
Source:
PAC, 2021, 93, 997. (Metrological and quality concepts in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)) on page 1029 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'laboratory information management system' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08084 RIS BibTex EndNote
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