| Computers and software play an important role in the | | | | Computer lab management of your inventory has |
| daily function of your lab. Computers can be used to | | | | become critically important with the tight budgets that |
| track inventory, order supplies, track employee | | | | labs must operate in today. Inventory software will |
| attendance, analyze samples, print reports, and | | | | track each supply item when it enters your lab, |
| analyze data for internal audits. Some computer | | | | document its use, and notify you when you should |
| programs are strictly used for sample analysis. Other | | | | order more. This prevents errors that result in ordering |
| computer lab management programs are used to | | | | too many supplies that sit unused. You can also run |
| streamline administrative tasks. | | | | audits to identify areas where supplies are being |
| Staffing Software | | | | wasted so you can improve on efficiency and cost. |
| Staffing software is very useful no matter if you have | | | | Inventory software can also help you manage your |
| a large lab with dozens of employees, or a small one | | | | specimen inventory, even those stored in liquid nitrogen |
| with just a handful of staff members. Computer lab | | | | or remote locations. You will be able to instantly locate |
| management helps you with scheduling tasks and | | | | open slots in cold storage boxes and immediately find |
| tracking attendance of the lab staff. Your employees | | | | a specific specimen just by searching for it with your |
| can clock into work through the computer, which will | | | | software program. |
| use that data to calculate payroll at the end of the pay | | | | Laboratory Information Management System |
| period. Staffing software can also act as a digital | | | | Computer lab management extends beyond supplies, |
| human resources office by keeping all of your | | | | inventory, and staff. The specimens that enter your lab |
| employee stats and records in one easy-to-access | | | | for analysis must also be tracked through your |
| location. The software will alert you to when it is time | | | | system, their results analyzed and recorded, and the |
| for periodic evaluations and training sessions. It can | | | | reports distributed. This process can all be automated |
| analyze employee data to identify employees who are | | | | with a laboratory information management system. A |
| habitually tardy or out of compliance with training | | | | system like this increases efficiency, reduces risk of |
| requirements. | | | | human error, and makes it possible to instantly locate |
| Quality Control Software | | | | an individual specimen during any step of the progress. |
| Computer lab management can also incorporate | | | | A laboratory information management system gets |
| quality control oversight over documents and | | | | test results to a physician much quicker and therefore |
| procedures in your lab. The software will help you get | | | | can be considered critical to patient health and |
| in compliance with state regulations and stay that way | | | | recovery. |
| with alerts when it is time to update vital procedures. | | | | Your lab provides a valuable service, in the case of a |
| You can run mock audits to determine what areas of | | | | medical lab, your services can even be life saving. In |
| your lab need work and are in risk of failing a state | | | | order to best serve your customers, you need a lab |
| inspection. Quality control software will also help you | | | | that operates at peak efficiency and the best way to |
| prepare your state mandated documents in the proper | | | | do that is to integrate computer lab management |
| format so you can print them for your files and for | | | | systems into your routine lab tasks so they are |
| state regulators. | | | | completed quicker and with fewer errors. |
| Inventory Software | | | | |