This function gathers operational information (operations and settings that require human intervention) distributed within the software, and collects it in a single report.
Improving the Data Integrity of Spectrometers
Data Integrity and Report Set
Data integrity refers to the completeness of data, with nothing missing or inconsistent. In other words, not only the data itself but also the metadata (the results of work that require human intervention, such as specifying conditions and analyzing analysis data) must be presented in a visible form, and verified together with the data. This is achieved by the Report Set.
Why Data Integrity Is Important?
The following warning letters have been issued by the FDA, demanding swift response regarding analytical instruments that do not support data integrity.
| Warning Letter: 320-18-55 Issue Date: May 23, 2018 You did not have procedures for reviewing audit trails or electronic data for the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy or ultraviolet systems. |
| Warning Letter: 320-17-25 Issue Date: February 24, 2017 Our investigator observed that your laboratory systems lacked controls to prevent your staff from altering or deleting electronic data. Analysts manipulated and deleted audit trails. You lacked adequate controls for all HPLC, gas chromatography, and ultra-violet systems. |
| Warning Letter: 320-17-01 lssue Date: October 13, 2016 In response, to this letter, provide details of your retrospective review of HPLC and other laboratory data, such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, gas chromatography, UV spectrophotometry, and (b)(4) analyzer data. |
| Warning Letter: 320-15-09 lssue Date: April 6, 2015 You lacked controls to prevent the unauthorized manipulation of your laboratory’s electronic raw data. Specifically, your infrared (IR) spectrometer did not have access controls to prevent deletion or alteration of raw data. |
Features
News / Events
-
Shimadzu has released the System Linkage Option
Data obtained with LabSolutions can be output in a variety of formats, and can be coordinated with a host system such as a laboratory information management system (LIMS).
-
LabSolutions Insight Environmental Option is now available
LabSolutions Insight Environmental Option is a software for the environmental regulatory field. In the environmental regulatory field, the quality control (hereinafter QC) requirements prescribed by the United State Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must be satisfied.
-
Shimadzu has released the LabSolutions i-QLinks.
LabSolutions™ i-QLinks provides integrated control over the quality testing operations of an analytical laboratory, including the preparation of test plans and instructions, the incorporation of test results from analytical instruments such as HPLC, the automatic preparation of test reports from the incorporated test results, and the management of the quality test progress.
-
Shimadzu has released the LabSolutions Sync
Synchronizes Third-Party Software for Pretreatment Units with Shimadzu LC and LC-MS
-
Efficient Method Development by automated pH Screening with LabSolutions MD
This article describes an example of using LabSolutions MD, a dedicated software for supporting method development, to automate pH screening by varying the mobile phase pH from 2.5 to 8.5 to evaluate the optimal pH level for separating 12 small-molecule drugs.
-
Release of Six New AP-AD Series Analytical Balances
The new AP-AD series models not only offer excellent basic performance, such as fast weighing times of about two seconds and high measurement stability that minimizes errors, but also include new functionality that improves convenience, such as automatic doors and touchless sensors.