Florida Hospital is improving its laboratory testing capabilities with equipment that is designed to help labs increase their testing capacity and deliver reliable results with greater efficiency.
The high-volume, automated Roche system will allow patient blood samples to pass through the testing process untouched by human hands.
As the Central Florida community grows and the hospital cares for more patients, the new equipment will enable the laboratory to handle the increased demand for diagnostic tests without slowing down the testing process.
The Roche system combines three components: the Cobas 8000 modular analyser series, the Cobas p701 post-analytical unit and the Roche/Hitachi Modular Pre-analytics sample-handling system.
Florida Hospital initially expects to process approximately 3,000 to 4,000 test tubes daily and provide about two to three million individual test results per year.
The system will handle the vast majority of the most common laboratory tests run by the hospital and will also help ensure reliable and consistent results for repeat testing.
The refrigerated post-analytical unit stores 27,000 test tubes, automatically retrieves them when additional testing is needed and automatically discards tubes that are no longer needed.
In addition to the integration of new laboratory equipment, Roche Diagnostics and Florida Hospital are exploring future opportunities to collaborate on healthcare initiatives.
