SLAS2014

Sample Management Special Interest Group

Repair and Maintenance Service contracts. Are there creative models that would benefit and

minimize risk for both (vendor and customer) ? What are people doing? Buying a backup unit vs. service contract (Paul’s example) The complexity and robustness of the equipment How much use will it get? Usually covering critical equipment (workhorse)

Downtime: What is acceptable? Back up machines available? Service contract = faster turnaround on service?

Does Gain exceed Pain? Service contract should bring more value than paying out of pocket

Tangible: Cost of travel, labor and parts Intangible: downtime, service priority, relationship with vendor

Maintenance Best practices: PM vs. in-house service Ties in with complexity and usage of unit.

Sample Storage Storage Hardware options available. Less players out there (TTP, Brooks,

Hamilton) Manual vs. automated compare and contrast. Processing and efficiency Sample types (DMSO solutions, solids, biological samples, etc) Storage conditions

Hydration? Freeze thaws cycles? Solubility? Any new literature examples (Water content was indicated as most detrimental with

past papers) How cold is cold enough? Substandard Sample removal

Precipitate detection QC based? How often is library checked?

Single use vs. multiple use? Integrated with sample transfer discussion: next slide

Sample Handling Moving containers vs. moving contents

Single use vs. multi-use tubes/vials Handoff of tubes/vials vs. assay ready plates Dilutions within CM/SM or within end user groups

Liquid handling Non-contact or contact, room for all? Use within ADME/MAP

Powder handling manual and automated solutions Sufficient material for automated transfers? New Technology? Powder as “gold” standard vs. 10mM (other??) stock concentrations.

Closed loop and Parallel processing set-ups (Jose’s example) Sample Tracking. Chain of custody, usage and inventory