Forensic & Law Enforcement

Forensic, crime, and other law enforcement laboratories require a solution that accurately tracks and manages evidence and biological samples collected from victims, suspects, perpetrators, and crime scenes. Cases, test results and standard operating procedure (SOP) need to be managed meticulously in a fashion compliant with internal standards, as well as government and agency regulations, such as the American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLD) guidelines.

With the increasing amount of case information that continuously comes in, laboratories are facing the challenge of ensuring the integrity of each sample's chain-of-custody on continually decreasing staffing budgets. In order to cope with the magnified pressures, laboratories must be supported by a modern laboratory informatics solution that provides robust traceability, enforces complete data accuracy and enables workflow automation to reduce manual overhead.

LABVANTAGE brings its rich history of software innovation and customer service leadership to the forensic laboratory and provides the experience, domain knowledge and technology required to overcome these challenges. We offer a single enterprise informatics solution that tracks case information, assures data accuracy, and automates multiple workflows to efficiently manage laboratory information across the multidisciplinary, dynamic forensic and law enforcement environment.

Secure Evidence Management with Chain of Custody

LABVANTAGE supports complete chain-of-custody for evidence. Submittal and transfer of evidence from/to a secure storage area or a physical person are tracked to maintain complete traceability for audit trail. LABVANTAGE also supports exhibit management to track the description, location, investigation, and disposition of physical evidence, along with associated documentation such as photos and police reports.

Complete Case Management

LABVANTAGE provides management of information about case dossiers, including exhibits, scenes, and analytical results. All incoming and internally generated documentation can be coordinated with the case. Through a simple and intuitive browser interface, documents in a variety of formats can be attached to the case. This forms a complete repository of critical information that is instantly available to authorized parties. Comprehensive case reporting is also supported; your management personnel can use a set of pre-defined templates to pull data from various sources to simply the report creation, review and approval process.

Enhanced Accuracy in a Unified Informatics Environment

LABVANTAGE provides seamless integration with human identification (HID) instrumentation and automates the HID genotyping workflow. LABVANTAGE also supports the creation of a DNA results file in an output format suitable for uploading to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).

We understand that it's a time and resource consuming task to manage your diverse systems, instruments and procedures. LABVANTAGE unites a variety of analytical instruments to reduce the need for manual entry, enhance productivity and assure data integrity. With the ability to retrieve data from heterogeneous instruments and systems, LABVANTAGE not only eliminates data silos, but also simplifies the overall data compilation, mining and analysis tasks.

Conform to Government Regulations

LABVANTAGE helps laboratories stay compliant with the guidelines of The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD-LAB), and also tracks cradle-to-grave genealogy to ensure the accuracy of analyses. With complete traceability, your laboratory conforms to industry regulations, such as Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs), Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), 21CFR Part 11 (Computer Records), and Good Automated Laboratory Practices (GALP).

Proficient Staff with Training & Competency Management

LABVANTAGE ensures that analysts possess the prerequisites to perform the necessary analyses and tests. Such prerequisites include competency tests and continuing education & professional development requirements, as evidenced by training records. Training and competency records and certification statuses of personnel are closely monitored to ensure compliance with organizational and industry guidelines.

Key Benefits

• Robust chain-of-custody for secured evidence management
• Complete case management and streamlined case reporting
• Interfaces with HID and analytical instruments to secure data accuracy
• Increased efficiency with automated SOP-based workflows
• Full compliance with government regulations, including ASCLD, GLPs, and GCPs
• Ensured staff proficiency with training & competency records management
• Simplified IT maintenance with one single platform to deploy, manage and maintain