Researchers at Imperial College Healthcare Trust discuss the benefits of their managed service contract with Abbott.
Consultant Virologist Mark Atkins explained: “The Trust has a catchment of almost 1.5 million people, and so it is vital that all our equipment functions as it should, or a backlog will quickly develop.
“We have been working with Abbott for many years, and we know we can rely on our ARCHITECT platforms and other Abbott instruments to perform as expected. The full automation offered by these systems gives us the throughput and flexibility to deliver a high quality, efficient service for our clinicians; the lab simply wouldn’t work without them.”
“The benefits of our managed service contract were clearly demonstrated during the recent merger of microbiology, virology and immunology services into a single blood sciences group within the Trust. Our Abbott facilities manager was instrumental in this, co-ordinating the transfer of equipment so that it did not interrupt services or have an impact on patients.”
Rebecca Stalham, Marketing and Contracts Director at Abbott, added: “A managed service contract provides trusts with a cost-effective, guaranteed service, allowing laboratory staff to focus on high value work which ultimately leads to better patient care, and we are happy that this model is working so well for Imperial College Healthcare.”
