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Multicenter evaluation of workflow performances of the new Olympus AU3000i
Anne Sophie Bargnoux1, Stephanie Badiou, Thomas Bertsch
1Biochemistry laboratory, Lapeyronie hospital, 191 avenue du doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier cédex 05, France.
Background:
A new immunoanalyzer (AU3000i) has been developed by Olympus (Rungis, France) with the intention of offering a consolidated workcell. The aim of this experiment was to assess, in a multi-centre study (two French sites, one German site), the practicability of the Olympus AU3000i in terms of throughput (test/h), rerun capabilities, emergency sample handling and reflex test capabilities.
Results:
The workload study showed that the AU3000i was capable of running both one- and two-step assay protocols with a throughput of 240 tests per hour which corresponds to 209.3 tests per hour including the initialization time. Emergency samples were correctly treated as a priority in less than 30 minutes for ten samples. Furthermore the analyzer could be programmed to generate automatic dilution, rerun and reflex tests, reducing the hands-on labour time for technicians.
Conclusion:
Workflow studies showed that Olympus AU3000i and AU Clinical Chemistry can cover the combined workload of various routine analyzers in a variety of laboratory environments.
