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Installation guides, instrument integration walk-throughs, monitoring case studies, product announcements. The writing here comes from the same people who write the code.
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Introducing SENAITY: anomaly QA for SENAITE LIMS
SENAITY catches bad lab results before they leave your lab. ML-based anomaly detection, on-premise Docker, free hosted demo or Lab plan from EUR 490 per month.
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SENAITE LIMS vs commercial LIMS: what to know before choosing
Open source versus proprietary: cost, vendor lock-in, customisation, compliance, and the cases where each option is the right answer.
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What is SENAITE LIMS? A complete guide for laboratories
SENAITE is a free, open-source LIMS for sample management, instrument integration, and reporting. A practical guide for labs evaluating their next system.
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July 21, 2026End of the line: dispose and dispatch as optional workflows
SENAITE 2.x gets a Sample Dispose workflow and turns Sample Dispatch into a togglable one. Both share a new locking mechanism so downstream analyses can never be silently edited on an archived sample.
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July 21, 2026SENAITE and lab compliance: ISO 17025, 21 CFR Part 11, and what the software actually gives you
Where SENAITE actually meets ISO 17025 and 21 CFR Part 11, and where it does not. An honest split of what the audit trail, role model, and workflow give you today, and what a Part 11 lab has to build on top.
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July 21, 2026SENAITE under the hood: Plone, Zope, ZODB, and why it matters
SENAITE is a domain layer on three long-lived open-source technologies. Here is what Zope, ZODB, and Plone each do, and how that shapes the API, backups, and the way you extend the system.
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July 11, 2026Anatomy of a SENAITE Analysis Service
The Analysis Service is the smallest unit of measurement in SENAITE. Understanding its parts is the fastest way to feel at home in the setup.
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June 3, 2026SENAITE speaks HL7: senaite.astm 2.0
senaite.astm 2.0 ships an HL7 v2 over MLLP server alongside ASTM, feeds both into SENAITE through a single push consumer, and adds capture-only mode, PHI scrubbing, /stats, and production hardening.
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April 15, 2026Why your SENAITE LIMS needs proactive monitoring
A real case: a single corrupted ZODB record blocked nightly garbage collection for months. The lab never knew. This is what HealthWatch is for.
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December 30, 2024Install SENAITE LIMS on a fresh Ubuntu 24.04 server
A production-leaning install of SENAITE on Ubuntu 24.04. System dependencies, buildout, a Plone admin account, and a systemd service that survives reboots.
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September 15, 2024Provision SENAITE LIMS with demo data
A freshly installed SENAITE is empty. One command and one click populate it with realistic sample types, methods, analysis services, and clients.
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August 25, 2024Run SENAITE LIMS in under 5 minutes with Docker
Pull the public SENAITE image, start the container, and have a working LIMS on localhost in less time than a coffee break.
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