AUTOMATION IN CLINICAL LABORATORY

The clinical laboratory workflow has gone through various changes towards advancement in past few years, which specially includes the progression and improvement of technologies in automation. This chapter on automation in clinical laboratories is all about various information related to automation in clinical laboratories, the automation which has proved itself helpful in improving the efficacy, error free accuracy and quality of diagnostic test results. Automation in clinical hospital laboratories has proven itself as a boon to healthcare system. This chapter begins with the introductory knowledge in regards with what is automation and how useful the automation is for healthcare professionals. This chapter provides necessary information about how the clinical laboratories have adapted automation and nowadays laboratories are mostly dependent on this automation technology to value time and money. There is a comparison on semi and fully automated analyzers landscape and how the workflow of a laboratory from sample collection to report delivery and data management has been positively affected by the use of automated technologies for betterment of laboratory professionals and healthcare system. Furthermore, the information given in this chapter is all about various challenges related to automation adoption by laboratory professionals and clinical settings in healthcare system.