Laboratory Services
LAS, Inc. provides services to laboratories in three functional areas: Laboratory IT, Laboratory QA, and Forensic Laboratory Consulting. The sections that follow will briefly describe the capabilities that LAS, Inc. has in the area of laboratory services.
Information Technology
LAS, Inc. and its team of information technology experts are uniquely talented, with backgrounds in computer sciences, physical sciences, and laboratory operations. Clients are provided information technology services, in both laboratory and non-laboratory environments. LAS, Inc. is adept at identifying and supporting the needs of the scientific community.
LAS, Inc. offers laboratory information technology services in the following specialties:
- Security Encryption
- Systems Engineering
- Network Planning & Design
- Programming
- System Administration
- Hardware & Software Capacity Planning/Sizing
- Maintenance Planning
- System Integration
- System Specification Development
- Database Development
- Web Development
- Biological Sciences
Quality Assurance
LAS, Inc. is clearly an industry leader in the laboratory assurance space. A key LAS, Inc. employee led the Florida Power and Light Laboratory which became the first company in the United States to win the Deming Prize , a much sought-after award in the quality assurance and management disciplines. The focus of LAS, Inc. is adding value to the laboratory through consistent product quality, better service to clients, documentation for laboratory certification, improved organizational communications, and a better work environment.
LAS offers laboratory quality assurance services in the following specialties:
- ISO/IEC 17025 Consulting
- Data Validation
- System Validation
- Business Process Re-engineering
- Change Management
- SOP/Methods Development
- Quality Audits
- Laboratory Process Improvement
- Team Building
Forensic Laboratory Consulting
LAS, Inc. has significant experience in the realm of forensic laboratory sciences. LAS, Inc. employs two former crime laboratory directors with extensive knowledge in laboratory automation. LAS, Inc. has consulted for a number of Crime and Coroner laboratories and is adept at integrating and automating multiple forensic laboratory disciplines into single, seamless organizations that produce legally defensible and validated data.
LAS offers forensic laboratory consuling services in the following specialties:
- LIMS
- Evidence Bar-Coding
- Toxicology/Serology Automation
- DNA Integration
- Case Tracking Systems
- Remote/Field Data Acquisition
- Polygraph Data to LIMS Acquisition
- Ballistics Networking/Integration