Chemistry system processes a comprehensive range of diagnostic tests at a rate of up to 2400 per hour and allows laboratories to extend the benefits of automation to daily workloads
The new Advia 2400 chemistry system from Bayer Diagnostics takes the productivity of hospital laboratories into a completely new dimension, processing a comprehensive range of diagnostic tests at a rate of up to 2400 per hour.
This latest addition to Bayer's Advia family of automated analysers will allow laboratories to extend the benefits of high-throughput automation to a very high proportion of their daily workloads.
This reduces the time it takes to get test results back to doctors and makes a significant contribution to better patient care.
This new analyser is designed to meet the requirements of busy laboratories that are under pressure to process ever-increasing numbers of tests while at the same time maximising the cost-effectiveness of their service.
The Advia 2400 chemistry system automates many of the most time-consuming activities associated with analysis of serum, urine and other fluids, eg, re-runs and dilutions.
This is achieved, for the colorimetric assays, without the need to re-introduce the primary sample.
This negates the requirement to search for samples, or perform additional manual dilutions post analysis.
This frees up highly-trained laboratory staff to use their skills in different, more productive ways.
The high capacity of the Advia 2400 allows users to consolidate virtually all of their clinical chemistry workloads on to a single automated testing platform. Commonly-requested routine tests such as glucose, cholesterol, calcium, and renal/liver function investigations can easily be combined with less frequently-performed esoteric tests.
This is achieved without compromising productivity or the ability to process individual urgent samples on demand.
Use of micro-volume technology on the Advia 2400 minimises the usage of chemical reagents, thus helping to control laboratory costs.
It also enables tests to be successfully performed on very small blood samples such as those typically obtained from elderly patients, babies and children.
This feature ensures that further distress to patients is minimised, since the requirement to ask for repeat samples is virtually eliminated.
The Advia 2400 will integrate with Bayer's Advia LabCell and WorkCell robotics and tracking systems which are designed to automate the movement of samples between different laboratory analysers.
