title: Does bacteriology laboratory automation reduce time to results and increase quality management?
abstract: Due to reductions in financial and human resources, many microbiological laboratories have merged to build very large clinical microbiology laboratories, which allow the use of fully automated laboratory instruments. For clinical chemistry and haematology, automation has reduced the time to results and improved the management of laboratory quality. The aim of this review was to examine whether fully automated laboratory instruments for microbiology can reduce time to results and impact quality management. This study focused on solutions that are currently available, including the BD Kiestra™ Work Cell Automation and Total Lab Automation and the Copan WASPLab(®).
authors.affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Centre de Biologie et de Pathologie Est, Bron, France; Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service des Techniques Biomédicales, Lyon, France. Electronic address: olivier.dauwalder@chu-lyon.fr.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dauwalder
authors.affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Centre de Biologie et de Pathologie Nord, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Landrieve
authors.affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service des Techniques Biomédicales, Lyon, France; Hospices Civils de Lyon, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Centre de Biologie et de Pathologie Sud, Pierre Bénite, France; Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.affiliation: INSERM U1111-CIRI-Domaine de la Buire, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Montclos
authors.affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Centre de Biologie et de Pathologie Est, Bron, France; Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service des Techniques Biomédicales, Lyon, France; Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vandenesch
authors.affiliation: Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service des Techniques Biomédicales, Lyon, France; Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Lyon, France; INSERM U1111-CIRI-Domaine de la Buire, Lyon, France. Electronic address: gerard.lina@chu-lyon.fr.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lina
mesh_terms: D057205:Automation, Laboratory; D001432:Bacteriology; D064790:Clinical Laboratory Services / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D058996:Quality Improvement; D013997:Time Factors; D017749:Total Quality Management
keywords: Automation; InoqulA+(TM); ReadA(TM); WASPLab; clinical microbiology laboratory; time to results; traceability