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(Clinical Chemistry. 2000;46:751-756.)
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The Role of Total Laboratory Automation in a Consolidated Laboratory Network

Richard S. Seaberg1, Robert O. Stallone1,a and Bernard E. Statland2

1 North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, 10 Nevada Dr., Lake Success, NY 11042.

2 University of Minnesota Law School, 203 Bank St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
a Author for correspondence. Fax 516-719-1062; e-mail Roberts{at}nshs.edu

Background: In an effort to reduce overall laboratory costs and improve overall laboratory efficiencies at all of its network hospitals, the North Shore–Long Island Health System recently established a Consolidated Laboratory Network with a Core Laboratory at its center.

Methods: We established and implemented a centralized Core Laboratory designed around the Roche/Hitachi CLAS Total Laboratory Automation system to perform the general and esoteric laboratory testing throughout the system in a timely and cost-effective fashion. All remaining STAT testing will be performed within the Rapid Response Laboratories (RRLs) at each of the system’s hospitals.

Results: Results for this laboratory consolidation and implementation effort demonstrated a decrease in labor costs and improved turnaround time (TAT) at the core laboratory. Anticipated system savings are ~$2.7 million. TATs averaged 1.3 h within the Core Laboratory and less than 30 min in the RRLs.

Conclusions: When properly implemented, automation systems can reduce overall laboratory expenses, enhance patient services, and address the overall concerns facing the laboratory today: job satisfaction, decreased length of stay, and safety. The financial savings realized are primarily a result of labor reductions.




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