Atom LIMS vs Excel and Word
Most labs we speak to are not leaving Crelio. They are leaving a shared spreadsheet, a letterhead in Word, and a WhatsApp chat full of PDFs. Atom LIMS is the file that spreadsheet cannot be.
Excel and Word
- No licence fee, everyone already knows the tools
- A report that looks fine until the letterhead reflows
- Yesterday’s result is whoever last saved the file
Atom LIMS
- UHID plus accession, not a first name on a queue
- Code 128 on the tube, a worklist, a holding queue
- Amendments point at the original. GST document types are real objects. Export is free.
| Excel and Word | Atom LIMS | |
|---|---|---|
| Two identifiers | Name on a sheet | UHID and accession, every screen |
| Barcode on the tube | Handwritten or none | Code 128, then the worklist |
| Analyser results | Retype from the printout | File by barcode, unmatched codes wait |
| Who released the report | Whoever had the Word file | Signatory tiers, audit trail |
| Amendments | Save over yesterday | New document, reason, points at the original |
| GST document | Same pad as the report | Bill of supply or tax invoice, credit notes |
| NABL 112A worksheet | A folder, if someone kept one | Interface verification and critical-call log |
| Leave with your data | The xlsx is the data | Export patients, reports, invoices any time |
Excel is the right tool for a price list draft. It is the wrong tool for a released report. Oct 2026.
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We will walk booking, barcodes, machine results, and the signed report. About 20 minutes. GST bill if you start — no card.