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BIOLOGISTIX™
is at the forefront of research management by
providing the most rigorous and robust environment in
which to track controlled substances and maintain
compliance with all governmental regulations and
mandates.
SIVCO is pleased to announce the availability of an
innovative software product designed for the needs of
the scientific research community. Widely considered
the premier solution on the market today, BIOLOGISTIX™
provides a comprehensive approach to chemical
management throughout the entire lifecycle of chemical, biological, radioactive and hazardous
substances within large-scale university and corporate
research environments.
Comprised of seven major management modules, BIOLOGISTIX™
easily facilitates:
- Biological Material
Tracking
- Inventory Management and
Control
- Biosafety Permit and
Inspection Governance
- Biosafety Labs
- Cabinet Regulation
- Resource Management and
System Security
The ultimate goal is to provide
universities and research firms with the ability to:
- make bioagent inventory
management an effortless and simple process by
reducing the amount of labor and frustration involved
in tracking biological material inventory
- fully govern the issuance
and management of biosafety permits for biological
substances
- efficiently manage
biosafety labs, cabinets, autoclave licensing and
inspections
- empower users with
information presented in a well organized, concise
and highly usable manner
- reduce overall labor,
administration, paper and surplus costs resulting in
significant annual savings
- readily facilitate
regulatory compliance by providing the frame work in
which all governing agencies can monitor and control
biological inventory
With broad functionality to
facilitate Biological Material Tracking, Inventory
Management, Biosafety Permit and Inspection
Governance, Biosafety Labs, Cabinet Regulation and
Resource Management, BIOLOGISTIX™ is at the
forefront of research management by providing the most
rigorous and robust environment in which to track
controlled substances and maintain compliance with
governmental regulations and mandates.
BIOLOGISTIX™ is:
- scalable
- fully customizable
- fully integrated with CHEMATIX and the
Environmental Safety Suite
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A brief overview of each of
these main elements is outlined on the following
paragraphs:
BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Biological Material Inventory Management is the
essential management module, which allows BIOLOGISTIX™
to store detailed information about every regulated
substance in the system. This detail provides the
foundation for regulatory compliance, environmental
safety, and inventory, research, and budget control.
All substances are tracked via unique identifiers
associated with approved biosafety permits, research
project approval and responsible owner certification.
Storage location including laboratories, biosafety
cabinets, freezers, autoclaves and specific shelves
are also associated with biological inventory. A
complete history of each regulated agent is maintained
from point of entry to elimination as waste. This
module also provides the big picture view of
biological material tracking and the ability to manage
various aspects of regulated laboratory inventory of
controlled substances. A multitude of
user-configurable reports and views can be generated
to view specific location inventories, hazardous
material counts, historical profiles, inspection
histories, etc. The scope of this module includes:
- tracking of biological
material description, bioagent class, risk group,
select agent status, associated strain, associated
insert(s), container size, origin, specimen source,
responsible owner, storage location (shipping
address, building name and number, laboratory room
number, specific storage location (cabinet, shelf,
freezer, etc.), vendor (manufacturer) name, purchase
(receipt) date and quantity
- ability to associate
bioagent, principal investigator, and location to
bioagent profiles from pre-populated drop-down lists
- maintenance of a master
list of regulated bioagents by Environmental Health
and Safety with associated class, description, strain
and insert(s)
- instant access to real-time
inventories for every campus location containing
biological material inventory tracked by the system,
complete with location address and responsible owner
- comprehensive and
user-defined report generation of inventory summaries
for campus- wide, departmental and individual
laboratory bioagent inventory records by associated
personnel (administrators, faculty, staff, graduate
students, etc.) and Environmental Health and Safety
regulators searchable by item description, bioagent
class, risk group and selected agent status
- pre-loaded list of
biological material supply vendors and manufacturers
available as a drop-down list for association with
new and/or existing inventory
- ability of users to
associate biological agents with new
manufacturers/vendors with automatic addition of new
entries to existing lists
- strict control of bioagent
inventory through mandatory association with
biosafety permits, approved research projects,
licensed biosafety cabinets and training
certification for users and principal investigators.
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BIOSAFETY PERMIT CONTROL
Biosafety Permit Control allows
regulatory officials to comprehensively oversee the
issuance, review, and regulation of biosafety permits
required for the acquisition, control, and storage of
regulated biological substances for use in scientific
research. Biosafety Committee management as
related to biosafety permits is also facilitated.
Some of the highlights include:
- tracking of all biosafety
permits according to permit number, permit type,
principal investigator, approved bioagents (bioagent
class, risk group and selected agent status),
associated research project, associated usage
locations, storage location, approved users, animals
involved in research (IACUC number), associated
biosafety cabinets, approval date, expiry date,
permit status, description, associated amendments,
contingencies and modifications, review date,
inspection date, biosafety committee actual review
date and audit frequency
- capacity to sort and print
biosafety permit reports based on permit type, permit
status, review date, biosafety committee actual
review date, expiration date, principal investigator,
bioagent description, bioagent class, risk group and
select agent status
- ability to add principal
investigators, permit types, permit status,
bioagents, locations, users and research animals to
biosafety permits from pre-populated drop-down lists
- ability of biosafety
committee members to modify, amend and add
contingencies to permits
- maintenance of all
biosafety committee members as users in the system
- capacity to generate
biosafety committee agendas from existing and newly
submitted biosafety permits
- email notification to all
biosafety committee members of upcoming agendas with
references to be reviewed and/or approved
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BIOSAFETY CABINET REGULATION
Biosafety Cabinet Regulation
consists of complete management over the licensing and
inspections of biosafety cabinets, autoclaves and
laboratories used for the proper handling of
biological materials. Detailed information about
each cabinet registered in the system as well as
associated inspection history is captured according
to:
- biosafety cabinet profile,
including cabinet ID, responsible principal
investigator(s), permit number, permit expiry, serial
number, make/model, manufacturer, location, class, UV
light status and cabinet description
- ability to associate
location, manufacturer, make/model and class with
biosafety cabinet profile from pre-populated
drop-down lists
- biosafety cabinet
inspection profile, including inspection date,
inspector name, UV light reading, approved status and
comments/recommendations
- control of biosafety
cabinet master list by Environmental Health and
Safety personnel
- user-configurable report
generation of biosafety cabinet information sortable
by location, principal investigator, permit expiry,
class, status, inspection date and permit number
- comprehensive biosafety
cabinet inspection history report generation
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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Resource Management provides and
restricts access to all levels of the BIOLOGISTIX™
system. User profiles are created for varying
levels of access including individual users,
departments, regulators and committee members.
User administration is constructed
hierarchically to ensure maximum system security.
The highlights of this module are:
- username and password
access to system
- hierarchical
chain of
command system security with broadest range of
access and control granted to primary levels
- superuser administration
with ability to add/modify user profile and restrict
access to system
- user profile, which
includes ID(s), email, given name, last name, middle
initial as well as phone alternate and fax numbers
- maintenance of emergency
contact information including name and phone number
- departmental (or multiple
departmental) association with users and locations
- designation of principal
investigators responsible for bioagent inventory and
locations
- designation of Active
Permit Authority status for all users, which grants /
restricts viewable inventory privileges and outlines
specific privileges regarding the handling of
regulated biological materials and proper waste
disposal
- complete management of all
biological material handling and safety training,
including class enrollment. scheduling, certified
status and access authority
- accommodation of different
levels of security for administrative personnel
- access to all areas of the
system governed by specific administrative personnel
- downloadable list of campus
locations to facilitate the addition/modification of
locations to departments and users
- emergency response team
access to all biological inventory and hazardous
materials in critical situations, with the ability of
transmitting biological inventory information to
handheld web-enabled devices of responders
- ability for all users to
modify personal profile and password
- ability to integrate with
campus authentications system
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