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. 2006;2006:74907. doi: 10.1155/JAMMC/2006/74907

Laboratory Information Management System Chain of Custody: Reliability and Security

J J Tomlinson 1, W Elliott-Smith 1, T Radosta 1
PMCID: PMC1903459  PMID: 17671623

Abstract

A chain of custody (COC) is required in many laboratories that handle forensics, drugs of abuse, environmental, clinical, and DNA testing, as well as other laboratories that want to assure reliability of reported results. Maintaining a dependable COC can be laborious, but with the recent establishment of the criteria for electronic records and signatures by US regulatory agencies, laboratory information management systems (LIMSs) are now being developed to fully automate COCs. The extent of automation and of data reliability can vary, and FDA- and EPA-compliant electronic signatures and system security are rare.

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