Automation is considered one of the most important breakthroughs in the recent history of
laboratory diagnostics. In a model of total laboratory automation (TLA), many analyzers …

The era of automation arrived with the introduction of the AutoAnalyzer using continuous
flow analysis and the Robot Chemist that automated the traditional manual analytical steps …

Laboratory testing, a highly complex process commonly called the total testing process
(TTP), is usually subdivided into three traditional (pre-, intra-, and post-) analytical phases …

Introduction: Molecular diagnostics is a key component of laboratory medicine. Here, the
authors review key triggers of ever-increasing automation in nucleic acid amplification …

Diagnostic blood testing is the most commonly performed clinical procedure in the world,
and influences the majority of medical decisions made in hospital and laboratory settings …

Laboratory results are essential for physicians to diagnose medical conditions. Because of
the critical role of medical laboratories, an increasing number of hospitals use total …

The large volumes of samples to be analysed every day would be impossible to manage
without laboratory automation. As laboratory procedures have progressed, so have the tasks …

Clinical laboratory automation has blossomed since the 1989 AACC meeting, at which Dr.
Masahide Sasaki first showed a western audience what his laboratory had implemented …

Laboratories today face increasing pressure to automate their operations as they are
challenged by a continuing increase in workload, need to reduce expenditure, and …

Background: Although automation has become widely utilized in certain areas of diagnostic
testing, its adoption in diagnostic microbiology has proceeded much more slowly. Objective …