ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024
The Impact of Laboratory Automation on the Time to Urine Microbiological Results: A Five-Year Retrospective Study.
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- Total Laboratory Automation Versus Manual Processing in Urine Culture Inoculation and Interpretation: A Hospital Experience.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Impact of Total Laboratory Automation on Urine Culture Turnaround Time: A Comparative Study Between Manual Workflow and WASPLab™.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Collaborative Robotics, Mobile Platforms, and Total Laboratory Automation in Clinical Diagnostics.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Evolving microbiology laboratories: mastering automated culture-based processes and molecular assays, an institutional experience.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Review
- Revolutionizing Laboratory Practices: Pioneering Trends in Total Laboratory Automation.Annals of laboratory medicine · 2025Review
- Applying a logistic regression-clustering joint model to analyze the causes of prolonged pre-analytic turnaround time for urine culture testing in hospital wards.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Total laboratory automation (TLA) is a valuable component of microbiology laboratories and a growing number of publications suggest the potential impact of automation in terms of analysis standardization, streaking quality, and the turnaround time (TAT). The aim of this project was to perform a detailed investigation of the impact of TLA on the workflow of commonly treated specimens such as urine. This is a retrospective observational study comparing two time periods (pre TLA versus post TLA) for urine specimen culture processing. A total of 35,864 urine specimens were plated during the pre-TLA period and 47,283 were plated during the post-TLA period. The median time from streaking to identification decreased from 22.3 h pre TLA to 21.4 h post TLA (
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