Beckman Coulter Laboratory Automation Meets Yours Needs

Ms. Joy Lee

Beckman Coulter, Inc.

Nowadays, many laboratories are planning for consolidated and integrated automation system to reduce costs and improve efficiency, productivity, quality of output, and delivery of service. With the advance design in automated transport and communication system, it is possible to integrate entire laboratories of multi-discipline into one coherent mechanism. Moreover, laboratory automation can be achieved in a stepwise approach according to the needs of individual laboratory.

Careful planning is one of the keys to successful laboratory automation. One must examine the current situation to identify and prioritise the areas of laboratory which improvement is needed. Most laboratories would consider automating sample centrifugation, preparation of serum aliquots, barcode labelling, loading and unloading of analysers due to the repetitive nature of these tasks. Since these tasks are highly dependent of manpower, they are usually seen as potential source of error and delay. It is equally important to predict the possible improvement to be gained from automation in the future.

Beckman Coulter is among those who can provide the best solution for both processive and complete laboratory automation with full range of analysers available. Beckman Coulter translates the work and samples flow requirement of individual laboratory into a system design which requires minimal space. The system employs an individual tube holder transport system which provides the flexibility in specimen handling. To start with, we have modular designed workcells of different discipline. For haematology, we have a Gen*S based Automation System which automatically performs a series of key haematology tests such as CBC, WBC Diff., reticulocyte counting and slide preparation. Moreover, we also have a comprehensive chemistry line with our LX20. These modular building blocks has the ability to expand in the future as well as to integrate the entire laboratory.


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