Total Laboratory Automation in Clinical Microbiology (JCM ed.)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let’s talk about total laboratory automation in the clinical microbiology laboratory. Highly automated systems are fairly common in the clinical chemistry and hematology labs, and they are increasingly common in clinical microbiology. Here are some of the questions we’ll answer today.</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What does total laboratory automation look like in the clinical microbiology laboratory? Are there still manual steps required? In other words, how total is total?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What are the benefits of total laboratory automation? Is it good for the lab staff, the caregivers, or, best of all, the patients?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What is like to convert your lab to total laboratory automation? What kind of time and resources are needed?</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guests:</span> <a href= "https://pathology.wustl.edu/people/carey-ann-burnham-phd/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Dr. Carey-Ann Burnham</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href= "https://www.northshore.org/apps/findadoctor/physicians/erin-mcelvania"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Erin McElvania</span></a></p> <p><strong>Links mentioned:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://jcm.asm.org/content/58/4/e00012-20"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Machine Learning Takes Laboratory Automation to the Next Level by B. Ford and E. McElvania</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://jcm.asm.org/content/58/4/e01683-19"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Evaluation of the WASPLab Segregation Software To Automatically Analyze Urine Cultures Using Routine Blood and MacConkey Agars</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by M. Faron et al.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://jcm.asm.org/content/56/8/e00546-18"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">