CSols announced today that it had recently secured an order
for the deployment of its AqcTools software at South West Water's laboratory in
Exeter. AqcTools is a new software application that provides laboratories with
dedicated statistical analysis of analytical quality control samples, leading
to improved monitoring of instrument and analytical performance and hence
correct intervention to ensure the highest sample result quality at all times.
South West Water will use a client server based
implementation of AqcTools with their Thermo Fisher Scientific SampleManager
LIMS and range of automated and manual processes. Users will be able to run
statistical analysis and charting of all analytes at networked workstations as
well as directly from the CSols Links for LIMS instrument integration software
being used with Agilent and PerkinElmer instruments.
South West Water have been directly involved in the design
of the AqcTools package. "It's been very useful to actively contribute to the
features of the software," says John Watson, Quality Manager at South West
Water's Laboratory. "Now we have all the functions and parameters we
specifically needed, particularly for trending and reviewing quality control
data, which were missing from the general purpose QC software tools that we
investigated," continued John.
The AqcTools project has also included interfaces with
SampleManager and the creation of a dedicated database for all quality data.
"The tight integration with SampleManager means that we have both minimized our
IT support costs for this new application as well as opened up new uses for the
combined solution", says Gareth Brand, South West Water's IS Project Manager.
"We're delighted to be working with South West Water," says
Dr. Phil Goddard, CEO of CSols. "The transcription free analysis of data and
new parameters we are providing are already benefiting the Exeter laboratory by
providing real time alerts and also in the reduced analyst effort needed to
access QC statistics and charting before AqcTools was implemented," concluded
Phil.
About South West Water
South West Water part of Pennon Group plc. provides
reliable, efficient and high quality drinking water and waste water services
throughout Cornwall and Devon and in small areas of Dorset and Somerset.
South West Water came into being in 1989 with the
privatisation of the water industry. It inherited a water system
suffering from a century of neglect but, thanks to the tireless work of its'
1,200 employees, have brought the region's drinking water, sewerage systems and
bathing waters into line with the stringent UK and European Union standards.
About CSols
With customers around the world in a wide variety of
industry sectors and 20 years experience CSols is recognized as the leading
supplier of laboratory integration software. CSols has a wide range of
laboratory software and handheld solutions which help laboratories reduce their
costs and improve both efficiencies and result quality,
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