LIMS: The Backbone to Your Quality Management System (QMS)

Description:
Today’s LIMS provide laboratories with functionality that extends well beyond sample tracking, data entry and reporting. A modern LIMS should be the backbone of the Lab’s QMS, offering support for regulatory compliance.

A strong QMS starts with the ability to store and secure data that has been produced and validated with the proper COC, QA/QC, Traceability and a complete Audit Trail. Most LIMS will provide this functionality, but a strong QMS should also address at a minimum, the major requirements found in ISO 17025, including: 1) Structural Requirements, 2) Resource Requirements, 3) Process Requirements and 4) Management System Requirements.

This presentation will discuss how a LIMS can be used as the backbone of any laboratory’s QMS system, specifically looking at ISO 17025:2017.

Speaker: Steve Wesson - Accelerated Technology Laboratories
Steve Wesson currently serves as Director of Sales at Accelerated Technology Laboratories, a leader in laboratory information management systems (LIMS). Mr. Wesson has over 20 years of laboratory experience in chemistry and organics. He has worked for national and international environmental laboratories and laboratory instrument manufacturers, where he utilized his background and experience to support regulatory compliance, manage revenue and develop training programs. Mr. Wesson has managed large analytical chemistry teams, developed national sales training programs and been responsible for the design and testing of new environmental products for the leading thermal sample-preparation instrumentation manufacturer in the US. Mr. Wesson worked for large environmental laboratories, including Weston Analytics and EMSL Analytical, where he was responsible for a staff of over 50. Mr. Wesson has a B.S in Chemistry from the University of Delaware.