Hawker C D, Schlank M R
ARUP Laboratories, Inc., 500 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108. NCCLS, 940 West Valley Road, Suite 1400, Wayne, PA 19087-1898, USA.
Clin Chem. 2000 May;46(5):746-50.
In clinical laboratories, the installation of total laboratory automation systems and/or modular systems has grown dramatically in the 1990s, particularly in the US, Japan, and Europe. As the number of installations and level of interest grew, several individuals and corporations active in the automation field recognized that the development of prospective standards might enable customers of such systems or equipment to purchase analyzers, automation systems or devices, and software from different vendors and retain interconnectivity of such equipment. These individuals also believed that the total market for automation systems and equipment would be significantly greater with standards than without standards, especially if customers were not forced to purchase everything from one vendor, and that there might be competitive pricing and new technology fostered via the standards. This early interest in standards development led to the initiation of a program by NCCLS in 1996 to develop prospective standards for laboratory automation. Part of the NCCLS effort has involved interaction and cooperation with other standards organizations in the US and other countries. This report describes the current status of the development of prospective standards for laboratory automation by NCCLS and the relationship of those standards to those of other standards organizations.
在临床实验室中，整个实验室自动化系统和/或模块化系统的安装在20世纪90年代急剧增加，尤其是在美国、日本和欧洲。随着安装数量和关注度的提高，一些活跃于自动化领域的个人和公司认识到，制定前瞻性标准可能会使此类系统或设备的客户能够从不同供应商处购买分析仪、自动化系统或设备以及软件，并保持这些设备的互联互通。这些人还认为，有标准的自动化系统和设备的总市场将比没有标准时大得多，特别是如果客户不必被迫从一个供应商处购买所有产品，并且通过这些标准可能会促进竞争性定价和新技术的发展。这种对标准制定的早期兴趣导致NCCLS在1996年启动了一个项目，以制定实验室自动化的前瞻性标准。NCCLS工作的一部分涉及与美国和其他国家的其他标准组织进行互动与合作。本报告描述了NCCLS实验室自动化前瞻性标准的制定现状以及这些标准与其他标准组织的标准之间的关系。
