Every trial sample accounted for, from collection to reconciliation.

AQ Labs is the lab sample management module of AQ Platform. It records every sample a trial sends to a laboratory, from the sponsor's lab manual through collection supplies, collection, processing, storage, shipment and queries to result review where the study requires it, on the same record as the site file.

Many sites combine central-laboratory portals, spreadsheets and paper logs. AQ Labs brings sample activity from every study and laboratory into one site record, linked to delegation, training and the site file.

AQ Platform does. AQ Labs runs on the same record as AQ eISF, so laboratory certificates, reference ranges, manifests and signed result reviews are linked to the site file as work is completed.

In AQ Labs, collection supplies are scanned in with lot and expiry date and reserved against booked visits. Supplies close to expiry are flagged for use first, expired supplies are blocked from selection, and reorder suggestions are based on the visits booked.

Each handling step is recorded with the person, the event time and the location: collection, processing, storage and moves, packing, courier handover and laboratory receipt. The audit history is retained and exportable in line with the agreed retention requirements.

Where the study requires investigator review, safety results appear in one review queue. Out-of-range values are highlighted, and the investigator records whether each is clinically significant, adds comments where needed and signs with re-authentication. AQ Labs does not pre-select the assessment.

Shipments are built by scan, and only samples for the receiving laboratory and storage condition are accepted. Ship-day and stability checks run before packing, and the packing checklist reflects the specimen classification, such as UN3373 for Category B biological substances, and the refrigerant, such as dry ice. The manifest is linked to the site file at courier handover.

When an excursion is recorded for a storage unit, AQ Labs identifies every sample stored in it and places them on hold. The sponsor's decision is recorded for each sample before it can be shipped or used.

No. Central laboratories keep their own systems for ordering, analysis and results. AQ Labs is the site's own record of sample activity across every laboratory it works with.

Yes. Safety samples sent to the hospital laboratory are tracked alongside central-laboratory samples. Local requests follow the receiving laboratory's identification requirements, while research shipments use the identifiers specified for the study, with access to identifiable information restricted by role.

The withdrawal and its scope are recorded, and every affected sample is identified wherever it is held. Further collection stops, and decisions on stored samples are recorded in line with the consent given, the protocol and the Human Tissue Act where it applies. Samples already analysed cannot be withdrawn. Destruction, where decided, is completed under AQ's two-person control and produces a certificate.

AQ Labs is built for UK and NHS research sites. It tracks local NHS laboratory samples alongside central-laboratory samples, records consent and retention decisions with reference to the Human Tissue Act, and runs on UK-hosted AQ Platform, which meets the NHS DSPT standard.

Yes. AQ Labs is priced and deployed as its own module, and other AQ modules can be added later. Used together, the modules share one governed record.

Yes, under human control. AQ Assist prepares draft schedules, supply forecasts and query replies for staff to review. Every suggestion and decision is recorded in the audit trail, and AI does not assess clinical significance, apply signatures or close records.