The expanding role of robotics in the clinical laboratory

Ozawa, Kuniaki; Schnipeslky, P.; Pardue, Harry L.; Place, J.; Truchaud, A.

doi:10.1155/s1463924692000038

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“…In addition, with these added features and their associated data, the validation process should be greatly facilitated. Ozawa's [4] position was in line with ours: with greater intelligence, the system could better interact with the operations and recover (or at least attempt to recover) from error 'on-the-fly'. As Brunner [5] has pointed out, it is tempting to develop systems for purpose of prestige or for the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art technology.…”

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confidence: 56%

Positioning laboratory automation for today′s dynamic climate

Vogt

1994

Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry

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Laboratory automation has existed and matured at Eli Lilly and Company for well over a decade. The author's section serves as a developer of laboratory automation systems for customers within Lilly and embodies ‘robotic friendly’ laboratories with highly technical and experienced personnel. With several systems showing signs of age, second generation ‘smart systems’ have been developed and delivered during the last three years. These systems were built with an ideology different from previous systems. Upon their delivery, the ‘smart systems’ met the customer's functional requirements but the overall acceptance of this ideology is still being debated due to the perception of failure. Much of this perception can be attributed to the delivery of a system heavily dependent on system maintenance, something totally unexpected by the customer. This paper discusses the ideology of a‘smart systems’ and the results following implementation. The events that led to the review and subsequent departure of the ‘smart systems’ ideology are also described.

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Section: Historysupporting

confidence: 56%

Positioning laboratory automation for today′s dynamic climate

Vogt

1994

Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry

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“…And the final reason why medical technologists would still be needed in laboratories in the future is the fact that there will always be tasks that algorithms and robots can never complete (Ozawa et al, 1992;Royakkers and van Est, 2015;Kaartemo and Helkkula, 2018). There are responsibilities and duties which technologies cannot perform and would need the procedural expertise of humans to complete.…”

Section: Risk Of Transition Toward a Manufacturer's-driven Laboratorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Are Medical Technologists still needed in Medical Laboratories in a Technologically Advanced Future?

Cutamora¹,

Cortes²,

Pepito³

2022

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An emerging trend in modern medical laboratories is automation, and it is having a positive impact on the quality of service to patients and on the safety of medical laboratory staff. The use of automation in medical laboratories enable many tests by analytical instruments with minimal use of an analyst. These automated instruments result in increasing the capabilities of a laboratory to process more workload with minimum involvement of manpower. Total Laboratory Automation (TLA) has many advantages including workload reduction, less time spent per sample, increased number of tests done in less time, use of a smaller sample amount, decreased risks for human errors, and higher reproducibility and accuracy. With the future practice of medical technologists in a technologically advanced future in peril. What edge do medical technologists have over Artificial Intelligence and Robotics that would still make them essential in medical laboratories in a future that is technologically advanced?

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“…The first parts automated were the processes after samples reached the laboratory. More recently, robots are being used to automate the transport of samples to the laboratory [3]. However, even the most recent systems still involve some manual steps to get the samples to the robots.…”

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confidence: 99%