How to move from a paper-based QMS to 100% dematerialization

Laboratories are no exception to the paperless trend. At a time when everything is computerized and available in digital format, laboratories are increasingly equipped with LIMS and extranet systems, enabling results to be consulted via the Internet. However, their quality management systems, which generate an incredible number of documents and records, are still paper-based, and their management has changed little in recent years.

The aim of this fact sheet is to address the questions that laboratories wishing to dematerialize their quality management system need to ask themselves. Without describing the ideal methodology, this sheet describes the essential points of dematerialization, presenting the advice and errors to avoid in finding the right tool, whether commercial or developed in-house.