Total laboratory automation

Many of our readers will be familiar with total laboratory automation; this piece is a nice catch-up.  “While automation doesn’t necessarily comprise all parts of the analytical process, total laboratory automation (TLA) combines into an integrated system full automatization of preanalytics, analytics, and postanalytics, such that specimens are processed, tested, and even stored with minimal user intervention. Labs worldwide are exploring or deploying varying degrees of TLA.”  MORE

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