<P> Modern LIMS offer an increasing amount of integration with laboratory instruments and applications . A LIMS may create control files that are "fed" into the instrument and direct its operation on some physical item such as a sample tube or sample plate . The LIMS may then import instrument results files to extract data for quality control assessment of the operation on the sample . Access to the instrument data can sometimes be regulated based on chain of custody assignments or other security features if need be . </P> <P> Modern LIMS products now also allow for the import and management of raw assay data results . Modern targeted assays such as qPCR and deep sequencing can produce tens of thousands of data points per sample . Furthermore, in the case of drug and diagnostic development as many as 12 or more assays may be run for each sample . In order to track this data, a LIMS solution needs to be adaptable to many different assay formats at both the data layer and import creation layer, while maintaining a high level of overall performance . Some LIMS products address this by simply attaching assay data as BLOBs to samples, but this limits the utility of that data in data mining and downstream analysis . </P> <P> The exponentially growing volume of data created in laboratories, coupled with increased business demands and focus on profitability, have pushed LIMS vendors to increase attention to how their LIMS handles electronic data exchanges . Attention must be paid to how an instrument's input and output data is managed, how remote sample collection data is imported and exported, and how mobile technology integrates with the LIMS . The successful transfer of data files in spreadsheets and other formats is a pivotal aspect of the modern LIMS . In fact, the transition "from proprietary databases to standardized database management systems such as MySQL" has arguably had one of the biggest impacts on how data is managed and exchanged in laboratories . In addition to mobile and database electronic data exchange, many LIMS support real - time data exchange with Electronic Health Records used in core hospital or clinic operations . </P> <P> Aside from the key functions of sample management, instrument and application integration, and electronic data exchange, there are numerous additional operations that can be managed in a LIMS . This includes but is not limited to: </P>

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