Management Information

Responders and managers in all agencies and jurisdictions must have a common operating picture for a more efficient and effective incident response. 

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Private (EPA) Databases. The U.S. EPA maintains a Hst of approximately 600 current information systems, as weU as some of the models and databases used within the organi2ation. The Hst is pubHshed in Information Systems Inventoy (ISI) which is updated yearly and maintained by the Information Management and Services Division of the Office of Information Resources Management (109). ISI Hsts the system name and acronym, system level, responsible organi2ation, contact person, legislative authorities, database descriptors, access information, hardware and software, system abstract, and keywords. 

REACCS Information Management Reference Manual, revision 8.0, Molecular Design Ltd., San Leandro, Calif. 

A laboratory information management system (LIMS) is a computer or computer network used to automate the acquisition and management of raw analytical data. In its simplest form, it tracks samples and test results through analytical laboratories and provides summaries of the status of these samples and tests. In its most advanced form, the system is interfaced to the laboratory s instmmentation and communication network to allow automation of data gathering, compilation, and reporting. 

The International Standards Organization 9000 (ISO 9000) standard, developed by the European Economic Community (EEC), also impacts manufacturers implementation of LIMS systems. ISO 9000 is a set of standards which are required for manufacturers selling products to the EEC. The 9000 standards are credited with playing an important part in the impetus to greater computerization of laboratory information management (9). 

R. D. McDowaH, ed., Faboratory Information Management Systems Concepts, Integration andimplementation. Sigma Press, New York, 1987, p. 12. 

W. J. SUis esseT,AEine-Formula Chemical Notation, Thomas Y. CroweU Co., New York, 1954. E. G. Smith and P. A. Baker, The Wiswesser Eine-Formula Chemical Notation (lELiV), 3rd ed.. Chemical Information Management, Inc. (CIMI), Cherry Hill, N.J., 1975. 

W. Warr and C. Suhr, Chemical Information Management, VCH Pubhshers, New York, 1992. 

Laboratory Information Management System. The QC lab must analy2e raw material, in-process, and finished product samples adhere to cahbration schedules record data and perform statistical analyses. These activities lend themselves to the appHcation of software packages such as a laboratory information management system (LIMS) (qv). An inexpensive LIMS is within the reach of even small laboratories. 

This control activity is primarily concerned with determining what products will be made in the batch plant and when those products will be made. This requires the control activity to interface with the process management, recipe management, and information management control activities. 

Text Information Management Information Dimensions System (TIMS)... 

Information management system designed to aid in the creation of MSDSs. Includes packages containing hazardous materials data for compliance with "Right to Know" legislation. 

Environmental Information Management System and Occupational Health Information System... 

An incident information management tool for hazardous materials emergency responders. 

Information management system for wastewater treatment facililics. Assists with monitoring compliance, tracking construction projects, producing reports, and generating letters. 

Executive Park S, NE Information management for groundwater Suite 590 monitoring, hazardous waste management, and... 

Expect broad variations in style. Many companies (and individual facilities) have both formal and informal management systems. The degree of formality (e.g., documentation, authorization, follow-up) is often a function of the degree of risk associated with the activity the management system is designed to control, as well as of the structure or culture of the organization itself. 

Informal management systems generally work because someone is the champion behind the program. When this individual leaves there is no assurance that the program will continue. Thus, even in informal organizations documentation may be a necessary characteristic of a good management system. 

Provide an informative management tool for the monitoring and control of progress, including the effect of changing circumstances that so often occur in the form of extended delivery time scales, revised requirements and new external constraints on the project completion date. 

Food and Drug Administration Information Management Team, HFD-095 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857... 

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