Laboratory information systems or LABwares are important tools to manage laboratories and comply with certification procedures like described in the ISO 17025 standard (cf. the LAB study on quality management in the relevant section of the site). Labwares complement larger information systems which they can interoperate with, and are used at local (laboratory) level as management tools.
In LIMS, results for disease diagnostic are given in the module 10 (disease suspicion and confirmation through notification). The confirmation of field diagnostic (when a sample has been collected) is given by the central veterinary laboratories CVL in each Member State, or for certain diseases by regional and international reference laboratories.
Convergence between the epidemiology and laboratory information chains should be therefore a priority. LABware can play a significant role in this regards.
There are commercial softwares available (generic or specifically developped for some laboratory' sections). There are also some open source softwares (e.g. used for the human health diagnostic sector).
Links are easily found under a google search (type labwares).
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