LIMS: a suite of database tools for laboratory organization

Our motivation is to create an efficient and user-friendly mechanism for data collection, retrieval, validation and report generation of laboratory information. Described in this paper are novel object-oriented databases which are being used for the collection, querying, retrieval and simplistic report generation of laboratory information. The program provides users with a friendly interface that breaks complex data entry, data retrieval and report generation into separate automated tasks utilizing graphical user interface (GUI) object-oriented screens. This customized solution of a laboratory information management system (LIMS) was designed utilizing five relational databases for both ease of use and independent functionality.