Customizing a commercial laboratory information management system for a forensic genetic laboratory

Example of instrument integration. FTA Cards are labeled with a barcode containing the LIMS sample number. The barcode is scanned when the FTA Card is punched using a BSD600 punch instrument and the sample number is included in the instrument output file. The output file is imported into the LIMS and a batch with a sample fraction from each sample in the file is automatically created. The well information in the file dictates the positions of the sample fractions in the batch.

Result evaluation in LabWare LIMS. The STR profile of a reference sample (Consensus DNA Profile) is based on results from at least to sample fractions (Fraction DNA Profile), which in turn are based on STR data evaluated by two analysts (Data Analysis).