Specimen handling throughput of up to 500 tubes per hour is claimed for this front-end clinical processing automation solution
Available from Tecan, the Genesis FE500 Workcell is proving to be a highly attractive option for its customers as an automated solution for front-end (pre-analytical) procedures.
Pre-analytic processing is one of the most labour-intensive aspects of clinical laboratory testing and some estimates indicate that specimen processing accounts for up to 65% of the average total time spent by personnel on clinical laboratory procedures.
To address the pre-analytical needs of its customers, Tecan offers the Genesis FE500 Workcell, a totally automated solution to meet the sample processing requirements of hospitals, research institutes, and other clinical laboratories.
Pre-analytical processing includes a range of activities that must be performed before analytical testing and results reporting are carried out. The Genesis FE500 Workcell offers many functions to increase efficiencies and productivity in the laboratory including specimen sorting, centrifugation, decapping, secondary tube labelling, serum volume verification, aliquoting, barcode labelling, and placing tubes in sample racks that originate from a wide variety of manufacturers.
The Genesis FE500 Workcell brings flexibility to customers allowing them to select analysers of their choice.
This is central to the concept of having a stepwise modular approach to laboratory automation as opposed to providing total solutions that limit the options of clinical diagnostic professionals.
Tecan says it works closely with its customers to develop the best sample processing strategy for managing an efficient clinical laboratory.
In doing so, the most suitable approach is developed to optimise the performance of both the Workcell and the pre-analytical processes involved in the handling of laboratory specimens.
The Workcell supports both sequential and parallel processing of samples.
The system is quickly installed and easily operated through its user-friendly software and graphical interface unit.
Significantly, the Workcell is enabling laboratories worldwide to automate the most labour intensive and error-prone section of the laboratory. Typically specimen handling throughput of up to 500 tubes per hour is possible.
The Genesis FE500 Workcell is marketed in collaboration with Abbott, one of the leading providers of instrumentation to the life sciences industry.
To complement Tecan's technical support and services, Abbott also provides technical assistance worldwide.
