A comprehensive laboratory automation system

A comprehensive laboratory automation system

System/7 in a Hierarchical Laboratory Automation System

is an implementation of a three-level computer hierarchy that provides a high degree of perjormance, availability, and ease ($use for laboratory automation applications. Laboratory automation, a subset of sensor-based computer use, is an area of computer application that is characterized by the computer elements servicing user-attached devices. These are usually devices such as instruments, tes...

Analysis and Implementation of Laboratory Automation System

Quest Diagnostics is a large company that analyzes millions of medical specimens every day using a variety of analytical equipment. It is implementing a fully automated line in a major laboratory. The automation line is Quest's first major automation initiative and will serve as a pilot for future initiatives. An important element of implementing this initiative is the transition from manual to...

Managing laboratory automation

This paper discusses the process of managing automated systems through their life cycles within the quality-control (QC) laboratory environment. The focus is on the process of directing and managing the evolving automation of a laboratory; system examples are given. The author shows how both task and data systems have evolved, and how they interrelate. A BIG picture, or continuum view, is prese...

Laboratory automation in clinical bacteriology: what system to choose?

Automation was introduced many years ago in several diagnostic disciplines such as chemistry, haematology and molecular biology. The first laboratory automation system for clinical bacteriology was released in 2006, and it rapidly proved its value by increasing productivity, allowing a continuous increase in sample volumes despite limited budgets and personnel shortages. Today, two major manufa...