Worldwide challenges with sample preparation for PCR-testing Around the world, large volumes of PCR tests on top of the usual sample volume pose additional challenges for laboratories. At the same time, patients are waiting particularly urgently for the results. ASP...
In the busy day-to-day life in laboratories, there are many stress and distraction factors. Some laboratory automation solutions rely heavily on personal monitoring and reactions to equipment notifications. Wouldn’t it be great to be notified when the job is...
Aspiration tubes that are not completely drawn up can lead to malfunctions in automated analyzers. Faster and more accurately than experienced laboratory personnel, ASP SortPro “sees” during registration and sorting if the aspiration was incompletely...
Only completely centrifuged specimen (see figure above) will provide correct results in the analysis. To avoid faulty or failed analyses, a time-consuming and error-prone visual inspection had to be carried out by laboratory personnel in the past. Now the ASP SortPro...
How can lab testing errors caused by using incorrect sample containers be avoided? Medical laboratories are often confronted with such situation. Samples arrive at the production area, and after a first sorting, are sent for testing. Hours later it becomes clear,...