The development of a strategy for the implementation of automation in a bioanalytical laboratory.
Laboratory automation is equipment, instrumentation, software and techniques that are classified into four groups: instrument automation; communications; data to information conversion; and information management. This new definition is necessary to understand the role that automation can play in achieving the aims and objectives of a laboratory within its organization. To undertake automation projects effectively, a laboratory automation strategy is outlined which requires an intimate knowledge of an organization and the target environment to implement individual automation projects.
Department of Bioanalysis and Drug Metabolism, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, UK.
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D001331:Automation; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004345:Drug Industry; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D008331:Management Information Systems; D012984:Software