Effective Use of Laboratory Equipment and Resources:

Inventory and Booking Systems

Charlie Dunnill

Before Quartzy

Some key points - chemicals

•Individual bottle referencing• Alpha numeric labelling v.s barcodes

•1 bottle - 1 line•Restricted chemicals•Buy in from groups•Sharing / stealing•The “Genius” of the end user•Entropy

Some key points - facilities•Better use of equipment.•Individual user groups.•Admins have control.•Can share on and off campus.•Access from anywhere.•Download usage statistics

Tips for Bottom up approach

•Something is better than nothing.• Implement something and then improve it as you

learn where the weakness is.•Be flexible.•End user buy in. – carrot or stick.•End user?•Beware entropy.

Questions?Demo.

Charlie Dunnill

Charlie_Dunnill

C.Dunnill@Swansea.ac.uk

www.Charles.Dunnill.me