# 9. LIMS at a Glance

<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">The Malawi LIMS can therefore be summarized as follows:</span>

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable" id="bkmrk-area-description-wha" style="width: 103.214%;"><thead><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Area</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Description</span>**

</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">What is LIMS?</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">A national digital platform supporting the laboratory testing lifecycle</span>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Facility System</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">iBLIS</span>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">National System</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">NLIMS</span>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Primary Purpose</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Digitize laboratory operations and improve laboratory information management</span>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Key Benefit</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Faster, more reliable and more accessible laboratory information</span>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Major Integration</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">ART/EMR</span>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Analyzer Integration</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">More than 80% of supported analyzers</span>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">ART/EMR Integration</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Approximately 272 facilities</span>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Key Analytics</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">TAT, test volumes, facility performance, machine utilization, sample rejection and reporting completeness</span>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Key Users</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Laboratory personnel, managers, administrators, data managers and technical teams</span>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">National Stakeholder</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Ministry of Health</span>

</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 24.305%;">**<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Strategic Direction</span>**

</td><td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 75.6553%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: #2000; mso-fareast-language: #2000;">Integrated, interoperable and sustainable national laboratory information ecosystem</span>

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