Case Study: SickKids Research Institute improves research equipment sharing and booking with QReserve

How QReserve helped SickKids researchers collaborate and manage core facilities

SickKids Research Institute, part of The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, needed a better way to manage shared research equipment and booking space across teams. Before QReserve, staff relied on scattered spreadsheets, manual sign-up sheets, and calendars that were hard to access, inefficient, and dependent on a few key individuals.

QReserve helped SickKids Research Institute implement a centralized Research Institute Equipment Database to streamline equipment and space bookings. The searchable catalogue now includes over 3,000 pieces of research equipment, improving efficiency, reducing redundancies, and making it easier to share resources and collaborate across departments.

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