Total laboratory Automation - Is it always a boon?
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Turnaround time, automated instruments, operating cost, quality of testing, system failureAbstract
In this era of automation, successive generations of stand-alone autoanalysers have fully replaced the traditional manual analytical steps in a laboratory. These autoanalysers have highly contributed to increased analytical speed, offered the ability to test high volumes of patient specimens, and provided large assay menus. Development of integrated systems greatly improved the analytical phase of clinical laboratory testing. Further automation has also been developed for pre-analytical procedures, such as sample identification, sorting, and centrifugation, and for post-analytical procedures, such as specimen storage and archiving. All phases of testing have been ultimately combined in total laboratory automation (TLA).
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