Armbruster D A
Clin Lab Manage Rev. 1989 Jul-Aug;3(4):215-8.
A primary responsibility of the laboratory manager is to obtain analytical instrumentation for his or her facility. Traditionally, analyzers are purchased as capital investments. An increasingly popular alternative is the reagent lease/rental agreement. A manufacturer provides a laboratory with an analyzer with the provision that the laboratory will purchase the reagents from the manufacturer. Reagents are purchased at a set cost per test, which varies with test volume, and this price incorporates a charge for the use of the instrument. The laboratory manager can acquire a state-of-the-art analyzer more quickly and easily than through a purchase and can maintain the flexibility to switch to a more suitable system as technology and service requirements change. Significant advantages and disadvantages accrue to both the laboratory and the manufacturer. The reagent lease/rental agreement is an option definitely worth considering by laboratory managers.
实验室经理的主要职责之一是为其所在机构获取分析仪器。传统上，分析仪是作为资本投资购买的。一种越来越流行的替代方式是试剂租赁协议。制造商向实验室提供一台分析仪，条件是实验室要从该制造商处购买试剂。试剂按每项检测的固定成本购买，该成本会随检测量而变化，且这个价格包含了仪器使用费用。与购买相比，实验室经理能够更快、更轻松地获得一台最先进的分析仪，并且随着技术和服务要求的变化，还能保持更换到更合适系统的灵活性。实验室和制造商都会因此产生显著的优缺点。试剂租赁协议绝对是实验室经理值得考虑的一个选择。
