Connecting research teams with comprehensive laboratory support throughout the life of a study
LabLink is a laboratory support service that provides centralized support for the laboratory components of clinical research studies. Working in collaboration with investigators, research coordinators, clinical sites, institutional laboratories, central laboratories, and other research partners, LabLink helps ensure study-specific laboratory requirements are clearly defined, appropriately implemented, and consistently maintained.
From study start-up through closeout, LabLink can be tailored to the needs, complexity, and scope of each research project.
Laboratory Services may include:
Laboratory Study Start-Up
- Review of protocol-specific laboratory requirements
- Identification of required specimens, tubes, volumes, and testing needs
- Coordination with participating laboratories
Lab Manual Development & Management
- Development and maintenance of study-specific laboratory manuals
- Creation of clear collection, processing, storage, and shipping instructions
- Updates to laboratory procedures as study requirements change
- Specimen Collection & Processing Support
- Blood collection support
- Specimen processing, aliquoting, labeling, and preparation
- Support for time-sensitive specimen requirements
- Specimen Storage & Shipping
- Coordination of specimen storage requirements
- Packaging and shipment preparation
- Shipment tracking and related documentation
Laboratory Supplies & Inventory
- Management of study-specific laboratory supplies, tubes, and kits
- Inventory and expiration-date monitoring
- Supply replenishment and study-readiness support