PMID- 27362964
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170321
LR  - 20170817
IS  - 1437-4331 (Electronic)
IS  - 1434-6621 (Linking)
VI  - 55
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 Feb 1
TI  - Extending laboratory automation to the wards: effect of an innovative pneumatic 
      tube system on diagnostic samples and transport time.
PG  - 225-230
LID - 10.1515/cclm-2016-0380 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The innovative pneumatic tube system (iPTS) transports one sample at 
      a time without the use of cartridges and allows rapid sending of samples directly 
      into the bulk loader of a laboratory automation system (LAS). We investigated 
      effects of the iPTS on samples and turn-around time (TAT). METHODS: During 
      transport, a mini data logger recorded the accelerations in three dimensions and 
      reported them in arbitrary area under the curve (AUC) units. In addition 
      representative quantities of clinical chemistry, hematology and coagulation were 
      measured and compared in 20 blood sample pairs transported by iPTS and courier. 
      RESULTS: Samples transported by iPTS were brought to the laboratory (300 m) 
      within 30 s without adverse effects on the samples. The information retrieved 
      from the data logger showed a median AUC of 7 and 310 arbitrary units for courier 
      and iPTS transport, respectively. This is considerably below the reported limit 
      for noticeable hemolysis of 500 arbitrary units. CONCLUSIONS: iPTS reduces TAT by 
      reducing the hands-on time and a fast transport. No differences in the 
      measurement results were found for any of the investigated 36 analytes between 
      courier and iPTS transport. Based on these findings the iPTS was cleared for 
      clinical use in our hospital.
FAU - Suchsland, Juliane
AU  - Suchsland J
FAU - Winter, Theresa
AU  - Winter T
FAU - Greiser, Anne
AU  - Greiser A
FAU - Streichert, Thomas
AU  - Streichert T
FAU - Otto, Benjamin
AU  - Otto B
FAU - Mayerle, Julia
AU  - Mayerle J
FAU - Runge, Soren
AU  - Runge S
FAU - Kallner, Anders
AU  - Kallner A
FAU - Nauck, Matthias
AU  - Nauck M
FAU - Petersmann, Astrid
AU  - Petersmann A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Germany
TA  - Clin Chem Lab Med
JT  - Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine
JID - 9806306
SB  - IM
MH  - *Automation, Laboratory
MH  - Blood Chemical Analysis/*instrumentation
MH  - Blood Specimen Collection/*instrumentation
MH  - Humans
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 2016/07/01 06:00
MHDA- 2017/03/23 06:00
CRDT- 2016/07/01 06:00
PHST- 2016/05/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/05/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/07/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/03/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/07/01 06:00 [entrez]
AID - /j/cclm.ahead-of-print/cclm-2016-0380/cclm-2016-0380.xml [pii]
AID - 10.1515/cclm-2016-0380 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Clin Chem Lab Med. 2017 Feb 1;55(2):225-230. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0380.