The Corelab, a new highly automated analysis laboratory that manages and processes blood samples completely automatically, speeding up and standardizing the times of diagnostic and reporting procedures with a positive impact on the care activities of the entire hospital, was inaugurated at the “Sant'Anna e San Sebastiano” Hospital in Caserta.
The new laboratory also significantly increases the quantity of samples to be processed and reduces errors, ensuring performance with high quality standards. The inauguration was attended by the general and health directors Gaetano Gubitosa and Angela Annecchiarico, the hospital community, voluntary associations, civil authorities and the bishop of Caserta and Capua Pietro Lagnese, who officiated the religious rite in the hospital chapel.
“The Corelab installed in our hospital – explained Arnolfo Petruzziello, director of the Analysis Laboratory – is equipped with the most innovative technology currently available, GLP – Total Lab Automation. It is a hub, a unique system that incorporates the individual analytical instruments of the biochemistry, immunometry, coagulation, hematology sectors, making them communicate with each other through a central artificial intelligence, which rationalizes the movement and flow of the test tubes to be analyzed.
By reading the barcode that identifies the individual test tubes – continues Petruzziello – the system selects the tests to be carried out, directs the blood samples to the destination machines, which travel on the tracks of a track, similar to small wagons of a toy train, discards those that are non-compliant or intended for manual tests;
it also archives, for five days, the processed test tubes in a refrigerator from which they can be recovered for any further diagnostic investigations, and disposes of the samples once all the processing phases have been completed. Phases that – the professional underlines – the health workers, doctors, biologists, technicians of the Analysis Laboratory can monitor at any time through a central monitor and a chorus of satellite monitors that populate the Corelab, guaranteeing full traceability of the entire work process”.
"The activation of the Corelab - highlights the general manager Gubitosa - is a further, significant step forward in the process of organizational and technological innovation that we are implementing at the Caserta hospital. A process that, together with impressive healthcare construction projects underway, is redefining the face of the hospital, with the aim of satisfying the health needs of citizens with increasingly cutting-edge diagnostic and treatment services and pathways".
Article published on 12 December 2024 - 18:31
It is interesting to see how technology advances in the field of healthcare, but I wonder if all patients can have access to this new system, especially those who are not so informed about technological innovations.