Janssens H ,
Cleij P ,
Cornelissen AAJ ,
Overveld MJLC van ,
Staden JJ van
32 p
in Dutch
1990
Toon Nederlands
English Abstract In the near future, Laboratory Information Management
Systems (LIMS) and robotics of analytical procedures will make their entry
in the laboratory. The first steps in this field have already been made.
For both systems, the major objective is to acquire sample data in an
accurate, fast and reliable way. This report will describe in what way
rapid and efficient data acquisition can be performed. Obviously, barcode
technology is the method preferred for a rapid and reliable input of data
from samples in a computer system. Before implementing barcode technology
in a laboratory, a suitable logisitic organisation has to be chosen. For an
analytical laboratory like the Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry (LAC) and
the Laboratory of Organic-analytical Chemistry (LOC), the follow/correlation
method would be the method of choice, although the correlation method is
preferable for mechanical processes. From a comparison of five different
barcode symbologies ("languages"), code 128 seems to be most suitable,
because it is compact and it uses a large characterset. The choice of
barcode reading facility is dependent on the type of barcode symbology and
the density of the barcode label. A full integration of barcode technology
in the laboratory can only be achieved if a profound study is performed on
the production/organisation.