Agilent SLIMS for Biobanks brings a consistent, holistic approach to managing your lab’s biospecimen samples, improving the quality of research and the reliability of results. SLIMS provides a fast, easy way to manage your biological materials, and to implement quality control measures to be taken during sample collection, prior to sample accession, and upon sample use, ensuring the highest quality possible for your biobank.
SLIMS makes it easy to create studies, register subjects, schedule visits for sample and kit collections, create events on the specimens, filter and highlight important sample data. All sample information can be managed, such as sample type, its container, location, statuses, or any other important details. You can also monitor all events and changes that happened over time, including when the change was made and by whom. SLIMS makes data instantly accessible to authorized lab personnel and managers, even remotely.
Biobank Sample Life Cycle
With SLIMS, you can integrate instruments in your lab, such as TapeStation, and connect with other Agilent and non-Agilent lab software systems. Results from these systems are easily transferred to SLIMS, and the data can be reused immediately.
This makes it easier to track and manage lab resources, and SLIMS monitors access to these resources based on your own rules. In short, you always have an accurate overview of the live status of your lab. And you can easily restrict usage and grant authorization to ensure that the right instruments and tools are being used.
Connection with Agilent TapeStation software is automatic and results are conveyed to SLIMS.
SLIMS can support ISO 20387:2018 requirements, as well as stringent or legally required standards as dictated by specific markets. SLIMS also supports ISBER guidelines for quality control (QC) across all repositories and specimen types, and Standard PREanalytical Code (SPREC), corresponding to the most critical preanalytical variables of fluid and solid biospecimens. QC processes include the four “pillars” of collection quality:
1. Authenticity—correctly assigned identity
2. Purity—freedom from contamination
3. Stability—capability of sample material to retain the initial value of a measured quantity for a defined period of time within specific limits when stored under defined conditions
4. Consent—for human specimens
What's next?
Download our brochure for biobanks and learn how you can increase your lab efficiency with Agilent SLIMS.
Faster results
Our team of experts will work with you to create an implementation plan that transitions you to digital at your own pace, and we’re with you every step of the way. We install and verify that the software performs exactly as designed, and together we configure the software for your specific needs and provide the training needed to enable designated users to make changes and updates themselves.
With this approach, you don’t need to purchase multiple days of professional services, and your teams don’t need highly specialized software engineering expertise to reconfigure or upgrade the software.
Flexible deployment, instantly operational
SLIMS offers flexible installation options. It can be hosted by Agilent on a scalable, powerful, secure server, or by your favorite cloud provider. The system can also be installed on a server within your IT infrastructure. SLIMS only needs a web browser, requires no further software on client computers, and can also be used on tablets.
SLIMS Store
The SLIMS Store makes it easy to choose from a library of sample types, locations, metadata, automation snippets, and many more to make your solution operational as fast as possible. The biobank package supports a fast and efficient configuration of SLIMS to facilitate sample tracking in biobanks from subject registration to long-term storage. Install what you need and use it as is or adapt it to make SLIMS ready for your lab.
Agilent has the right solution and extensive experience helping biobanks of all sizes go all digital. Just fill out the form below to request a demo, and we’ll follow up to discuss your specific requirements and goals.
