Eurofins Central Laboratory

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DEDICATED SAMPLE MANAGEMENT

Each Eurofins Central Laboratory facility has its own dedicated sample management department in place. Upon receipt of the samples that have been collected at the investigator sites, the completeness and identification of said samples, along with the accompanying request form, are verified.

After unpacking the samples, all accompanying documentation is then checked and entered into the global LIMS. The request form information is carefully entered into the LIMS by two independent individuals. Following this double data entry process, the LIMS itself deploys routine consistency checks. The samples are then labeled with unique barcodes which are used for tracking purposes throughout the entire laboratory facility.

Our laboratory instruments read the barcode and determine which tests need to be performed and in which order. This will allow the most optimal use of the sample provided to us. After analysis, the instruments electronically transfer the test results to the LIMS.

WOULD YOUR CLINICAL TEAM BENEFIT FROM HAVING REAL TIME, GLOBAL VISIBILITY INTO SPECIMEN LOCATION/TRACKING?

IS THERE VALUE TO IDENTIFYING IF A CRITICAL PATIENT SPECIMEN IS CURRENTLY RESIDING IN A SITE’S FREEZER, WITHIN EUROFINS LABORATORY OR IN TRANSIT TO ANALYTICAL LABORATORY?

WITH 80% OF CENTRAL LABORATORY QUERIES BEING GENERATED FROM PAPER BASED REQUISITION DATA ERRORS, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN INNOVATIVE TOOLS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE YOUR QUERY RATE?

If you answered yes, to any of these questions, we would like to introduce you to Eurofins Central Laboratory web-based, requisition form tool, EzRF. This innovative tool allows Clinical Sites to directly enter sample details into the Eurofins Central Lab systems, thereby bypassing the need for paper-based request forms or manifests. EzRF is able to immediately detect discrepancies via built-in logic checks, capturing resolution in real time, anything from an incorrect date of birth to the incorrect samples being collected. EzRF will also maintain a record of samples that are being temporarily stored in the Physician’s offices for a later shipment so that at any time throughout the study, the Project Manager or Client can query the database to see where their samples are.

With all multi-region clinical trials supported by Eurofins Central Laboratory, the samples are truly distributed globally. For example, it is common to have five samples at a clinical site in Buenos Aries, ten in Bangkok, two in Manhattan, and two thousand in each of Eurofins Central Laboratory’s four facilities and everywhere in between. Utilizing a tool such as EzRF enables the Project Manager and/or the client to know where the samples are at any time and facilitate effective management of the sample sets. Further, because discrepancies or missing samples are detected in real time, EzRF saves a significant amount of time in reconciliation, which then allows a reduction in both database lock timelines and study budgets.

For a quick, six-minute video tutorial of the ease of operation and value-added benefit of utilizing Eurofins Central Laboratory EzRF system, please hover over the following video below.

DOES YOUR CLINICAL TEAM HAVE INTEREST IN VIEWING MONTHLY BUDGET STATUS REPORTS, BROKEN DOWN INTO DISTINCT OPERATIONAL CATEGORIES; ANALYTICAL FEES, KITS & SUPPLIES PM & DM FEES, COURIER AND SAMPLE MANAGEMENT?

IS THERE VALUE WITH TRACKING KIT UTILIZATION/EXPIRATION RATES, DOWN TO THE SPECIFIC VISIT LEVEL, IN ORDER TO ADAPT FUTURE REPLENISHMENT RATES TO REDUCE EXPIRED KIT EXPENSES?

WOULD THEY FIND VALUE IN TRACKING SPECIMEN INTEGRITY AND PROACTIVELY IDENTIFYING TRENDS JEOPARDIZING SPECIMEN ANALYSIS (HEMOLYZED, INSUFFICIENT VOLUME, CLOTTED, ETC)?

WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL FOR YOUR CRA TEAM TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL SITE QUERY RATES AND THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS GENERATING THOSE QUERIES?

If the answer is yes to any of these questions, then Eurofins Central Laboratory is pleased to showcase our innovative Study Dashboards and Project Status Reports (PSR). With these tools, both our Project Managers assigned and responsible for the successful conduct of your clinical trial and your assigned Clinical Teams, have access to following standard study operational reports/tools : Lab Kits Supplied, Lab Kits Available (assumed), Specimens collected and shipments, Sample Location, Samples in storage and tested, Sample quality (lost data), Open and escalated queries, Invoices issued, Budget status, Panic alerts issued, Site compliance trends, and Financial Forecasting. For our Preferred Partner relationships, we are always interested in exploring unique and creative reporting metrics, to assist with study conduct, proactively address trends prior to becoming problematic and provide actionable insight into site behavior that could indicate additional training requirements. Our industry leading professionals in Project Management would be eager to start the discussion and showcase how these tools can ensure successful outcomes with your clinical trials programs.

We look forward to having the opportunity to identify what performance metrics matter most to you and your organization’s research needs, and providing a BOLD solution in response!

For an example of our study dashboards and Project Status Reports (PSR), please follow the link below: **Attached Project Dashboard example** & **Attach Project Status Reports**

 

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