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BTEC Assignment BriefBTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma inApplied
Science BTEC Level 3 NationalDiploma inApplied Science
Qualification BTEC Level 3 NationalExtended Diploma inApplied Science
Unit number and title Unit 4: Laboratory Techniques and their Application
Learning aim(s) (For NQF D: Understand how scientific information may be stored and
only) communicated in a workplace laboratory
Storing and communicating information in a laboratory.
Assignment title
Assessor
13.05.2022
Issue date
25.05.2022
Hand in deadline
You are a lab technician working in the development
department for a pharmaceutical company that develops
and produces new drugs.
The lab stores confidential information relating to drug
development. It also stores personal and confidential
information relating to volunteers who are used for drug
Vocational Scenario or
trials.
Context
Your manager has asked you to produce a report evaluating
the challenges in storing and communicating the range of
information recorded and processed within the laboratory,
comparing the systems in the development laboratory to
those in the company’s manufacturing department.
Task 1 You must write a report that:
Explains how useful scientific information is obtained
from large data sets
Explains how a workplace laboratory records and
processes large datasets of scientific information(e.g.
booking, identification number, format, records) and
the type of data collected (e.g. healthcare records)
Explains how this meets customer needs and how it
ensures traceability e.g. signatures, unique computer
logins
Explains how the information collected is
transformed into a useful form for the customer
Analyses how different workplace laboratories store
and manage scientific information
Analyses how different workplace laboratories
communicate with each other and with external
customers or regulatory bodies, explaining the
purpose of doing so
Comments on whether the way in which the
, information is communicated is fit for purpose and
how it could improve.
Explains and contrasts the benefits and the issues
involved in obtaining, organising, retrieving, pooling
and sharing specific types of scientific information
e.g. drug test results
Explains the ethical and bioethical considerations
associated with storage of scientific information that
may be made available to a third party e.g.
healthcare records
Evaluates the challenges of storing and
communicating large quantities of scientific
information so that it can be retrieved and used
Checklist of evidence A report containing:
required a description of the information stored and used in
the laboratory
a description of how useful information can be
obtained from large data sets
analysis of the communication channels in the
organisation
evaluation of the benefits and issues involved in
making large volumes of data available to others
Criteria covered by this task:
Unit/Criteria
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
reference
Evaluate the challenges to organisations in making available large
D.D4
volumes of scientific information
Analyse the differences in the storage and communication of scientific
D.M6
information in different work place laboratories.
Explain how scientific information in a workplace laboratory is recorded
D.P7 and processed to meet the needs of the customer and to ensure
traceability.
Explain how useful scientific information is obtained from large data
D.P8
sets and the potential issues and benefits.
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