scholarly journals Employee Engagement Is Vital for the Successful Selection of a Total Laboratory Automation System

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. e66-e74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoi-Ying E Yu ◽  
Myra L Wilkerson
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Laboratory Automation ◽  
Total Laboratory Automation ◽  
Selection Of

scholarly journals Clinical Microbiology Is Growing Up: The Total Laboratory Automation Revolution

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 634-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam L Bailey ◽  
Nathan Ledeboer ◽  
Carey-Ann D Burnham
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Testing ◽  
Clinical Microbiology ◽  
Turnaround Time ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Automation ◽  
Microbiology Laboratory ◽  
Total Laboratory Automation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Automated Methods

Abstract BACKGROUND Historically, culture-based microbiology laboratory testing has relied on manual methods, and automated methods (such as those that have revolutionized clinical chemistry and hematology over the past several decades) were largely absent from the clinical microbiology laboratory. However, an increased demand for microbiology testing and standardization of sample-collection devices for microbiology culture, as well as a dwindling supply of microbiology technologists, has driven the adoption of automated methods for culture-based laboratory testing in clinical microbiology. CONTENT We describe systems currently enabling total laboratory automation (TLA) for culture-based microbiology testing. We describe the general components of a microbiology automation system and the various functions of these instruments. We then introduce the 2 most widely used systems currently on the market: Becton Dickinson's Kiestra TLA and Copan's WASPLab. We discuss the impact of TLA on metrics such as turnaround time and recovery of microorganisms, providing a review of the current literature and perspectives from laboratory directors, managers, and technical staff. Finally, we provide an outlook for future advances in TLA for microbiology with a focus on artificial intelligence for automated culture interpretation. SUMMARY TLA is playing an increasingly important role in clinical microbiology. Although challenges remain, TLA has great potential to affect laboratory efficiency, turnaround time, and the overall quality of culture-based microbiology testing.

scholarly journals The Role of Total Laboratory Automation in a Consolidated Laboratory Network

2000 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 751-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard S Seaberg ◽  
Robert O Stallone ◽  
Bernard E Statland
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Turnaround Time ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Laboratory Automation ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
The Core ◽  
The North ◽  
Laboratory Network ◽  
Automation Systems ◽  
Total Laboratory Automation

Abstract Background: In an effort to reduce overall laboratory costs and improve overall laboratory efficiencies at all of its network hospitals, the North Shore–Long Island Health System recently established a Consolidated Laboratory Network with a Core Laboratory at its center. Methods: We established and implemented a centralized Core Laboratory designed around the Roche/Hitachi CLAS Total Laboratory Automation system to perform the general and esoteric laboratory testing throughout the system in a timely and cost-effective fashion. All remaining STAT testing will be performed within the Rapid Response Laboratories (RRLs) at each of the system’s hospitals. Results: Results for this laboratory consolidation and implementation effort demonstrated a decrease in labor costs and improved turnaround time (TAT) at the core laboratory. Anticipated system savings are ∼$2.7 million. TATs averaged 1.3 h within the Core Laboratory and less than 30 min in the RRLs. Conclusions: When properly implemented, automation systems can reduce overall laboratory expenses, enhance patient services, and address the overall concerns facing the laboratory today: job satisfaction, decreased length of stay, and safety. The financial savings realized are primarily a result of labor reductions.

Specimen Temperature Detection on a Clinical Laboratory Pre-Analytic Automation Track: Implications for Direct-from-Track Total Laboratory Automation (TLA) Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-299
Author(s):  
Caleb S. Roundy ◽  
David C. Lin ◽  
Paul J. Klopping ◽  
Ammon T. Ence ◽  
Anthony C. Krezel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Laser Sensor ◽  
Laboratory Automation ◽  
Specimen Temperature ◽  
Temperature Detection ◽  
Temperature Detector ◽  
Total Laboratory Automation

Clinical laboratory regulations require temperature monitoring of facilities, reagent and specimen storage, as well as temperature-dependent equipment. Real-time specimen temperature detection has not yet been integrated into total laboratory automation (TLA) solutions. An infrared (IR) pyrometer was paired with a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) laser sensor and connected to an embedded networked personal computer (PC) to create a modular temperature detection unit for closed, moving clinical laboratory specimens. Accuracy of the detector was assessed by comparing temperature measurements to those obtained from thermocouples connected to battery-operated data loggers. The temperature detector was then installed on a pre-analytic laboratory automation system to assess specimen temperature before and after processing on an integrated thawing and mixing (T/M) robotic workcell. The IR temperature detector was able to accurately record temperature of closed, moving specimens on a pre-analytic automation system. The effectiveness of the T/M workcell was independently verified using the temperature detector. Specimen reroute on the pre-analytic automation track was identified as a potential risk for frozen specimens being inadvertently delivered to future, connected instrumentation. Automated IR temperature detection can be used to verify specimen temperature prior to instrument loading and/or sampling. Such systems could be used to prevent frozen specimens from being inadvertently loaded onto analytical instrumentation in TLA solutions.

Accelerometer-Based Laboratory Automation System

2017 ◽  
pp. 197-206
Author(s):  
Rajesh Singh ◽  
Anita Gehlot ◽  
Bhupendra Singh ◽  
Sushabhan Choudhury
Keyword(s):  
Automation System ◽  
Laboratory Automation
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