American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in JerusalemThe Biochemistry Laboratory at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem is fully automated. A laboratory technician places a test tube into the machine and the rest of the process proceeds without human intervention. There is close quality control, of course. Once a test is completed, a technician reviews the result before it is automatically added into the patient's computerized medical records. Then, access is quickly provided to the patient's medical team.
The Total Laboratory Automation (TLA) System in use at Shaare Zedek is controlled by three different software programs and is connected to the hospital's Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) which provides the list of tests that the medical team requires. It combines four Abbott instruments — two for chemistry and two for immunochemistry — and modules that perform pre- and-post-analytical processes. These include centrifugation, decapping, and aliquoting, as well as proper storage in a cooling system, and safe disposal of the sample when required.
Laboratory chief Nurit Algur is a 30-year veteran of the Shaare Zedek laboratories. "This system allows us to increase efficiency, provide quicker results, make the results of some blood tests available around the clock and also better guard our staff against infections," she said.
Biochemistry Laboratory at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in JerusalemAmerican Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem2018-07-12 | The Biochemistry Laboratory at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem is fully automated. A laboratory technician places a test tube into the machine and the rest of the process proceeds without human intervention. There is close quality control, of course. Once a test is completed, a technician reviews the result before it is automatically added into the patient's computerized medical records. Then, access is quickly provided to the patient's medical team.
The Total Laboratory Automation (TLA) System in use at Shaare Zedek is controlled by three different software programs and is connected to the hospital's Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) which provides the list of tests that the medical team requires. It combines four Abbott instruments — two for chemistry and two for immunochemistry — and modules that perform pre- and-post-analytical processes. These include centrifugation, decapping, and aliquoting, as well as proper storage in a cooling system, and safe disposal of the sample when required.
Laboratory chief Nurit Algur is a 30-year veteran of the Shaare Zedek laboratories. "This system allows us to increase efficiency, provide quicker results, make the results of some blood tests available around the clock and also better guard our staff against infections," she said.