Flexible Digitization of Highly Individualized Workflows Demonstrated Through the Quality Control of Patient-Specific Cytostatic Application Bags: Digitization from the Perspective of Small and Medium-Sized Laboratories

Jochums, Max; Reinders, Lars M H; Tuerk, Jochen; Teutenberg, Thorsten

doi:10.1007/10_2021_190

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“…In contrast to industry, academic research laboratories require more flexibility than production lines. Besides flexibility, loss of knowledge due to high staff turnover in universities is another challenge that makes full laboratory digitalization hard to achieve [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]. Digitalization refers to an entire process, workflow, or laboratory infrastructure while digitization refers only to the procedure of converting something analog to a digital format (e.g., digitizing a standard operating procedure from a piece of paper to a digital file) [ 5 , 6 ].…”

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“…universities is another challenge that makes full laboratory digitalization hard to achieve [1][2][3][4]. Digitalization refers to an entire process, workflow, or laboratory infrastructure while digitization refers only to the procedure of converting something analog to a digital format (e.g., digitizing a standard operating procedure from a piece of paper to a digital file) [5,6].…”

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Digitalization concepts in academic bioprocess development

Habich,

Beutel

2024

Engineering in Life Sciences

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Digitalization with integrated devices, digital and physical assistants, automation, and simulation is setting a new direction for laboratory work. Even with complex research workflows, high staff turnover, and a limited budget some laboratories have already shown that digitalization is indeed possible. However, academic bioprocess laboratories often struggle to follow the trend of digitalization. Due to their diverse research circumstances, high variety of team composition, goals, and limitations the concepts are substantially different. Here, we will provide an overview on different aspects of digitalization and describe how academic laboratories successfully digitalized their working environment. The key aspect is the collaboration and communication between IT‐experts and scientific staff. The developed digital infrastructure is only useful if it supports the laboratory worker and does not complicate their work. Thereby, laboratory researchers have to collaborate closely with IT‐experts in order for a well‐developed and maintainable digitalization concept that fits their individual needs and level of complexity. This review may serve as a starting point or a collection of ideas for the transformation toward a digitalized laboratory.

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