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(Clinical Chemistry. 1997;43:1709-1715.)
© 1997 American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc.

Oak Ridge Conference

New tools for laboratory design and management

Alain Truchauda, Tanguy Le Neel, Hugues Brochard, Sophie Malvaux, Marine Moyon and Murielle Cazaubiel

Laboratoire d'Ingenierie en Biologie Medicale, Institut de Biologie, 44093 Nantes Cedex 1, France.
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Abstract

The clinical laboratory is changing from a place of activity based on sample analysis to an in vitro diagnostic network. To convince our team, partners, and administrators, we need new comprehensive tools to define a strategy with limited risk of failure or conflicts. Specific quality goals should be established before choosing automated tools for sample handling, analytical systems, laboratory information systems, communication systems, or advanced technologies. A system approach maps and simplifies the process, based more on a functional study than on classical disciplines. A customer–supplier approach establishes the requirements between partners either inside or outside the laboratory. The quality system must be a management tool, linking samples, tasks, information, and documents. Quantitative simulation modeling explores different automation alternatives and their impact on laboratory workflow. Finally, integration of results in interactive semirealistic simulation tools for laboratory design or reengineering can be used as communications tools to involve laboratory professionals in the change of their practice.






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