Cross-contamination is routinely spoken about across labs and can be a massive headache waiting to happen. To start off, it’s important to define it. Simply put, cross-contamination is defined as an unintentional transfer of an unwanted impurity from one sample…
Laboratory automation was defined by Robin Felder back in 1998 as “any device, software or process that improves the efficiency of the laboratory.” Since then, there have been some adjustments to that definition to include liquid handlers, robotics and various…
With 13 billion laboratory tests conducted on an annual basis combined with two-thirds of all medical decisions made by doctors supported by lab testing, it is clear as to why the equipment in your lab must always work at optimal…
Discover an easy-to-use, time-saving solution for labs What is a nucleic acid extractor? A nucleic acid extractor is an automated solution to a time-consuming, error-prone manual workflow. It helps prevent errors, and cross-contamination, and can process 48 to 96 samples…
The shortage of qualified lab technicians is nothing new.In 2015, Kimberly Scott highlighted the laboratory workforce shortage and the demand for new responses to resolve the shortfall. Now, nearly a decade later, in the wake of the pandemic, "the longtime…
The COVID picture in the US is relatively stable with cases averaging approximately just over 106,000 cases/day per the CDC. Even so, scientists and experts alike are concerned. Apprehension and skepticism of the numbers are being driven by factors…
The COVID-19 pandemic allowed for multiple insights and learnings. One of those was in how to deal with testing surges as those experienced were unprecedented and undoubtedly put a strain on laboratories leading to delays in test results. Laboratories used…
The laboratory automation market has been growing in size and was estimated to be worth an eye-catching $4.67 billion in 2021. The market size is expected to reach $6.66 billion by 2027. There are several factors driving this growth including…
