Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Feb 18;59(3). doi: 10.1128/JCM.02592-20.
Clinical chemistry laboratories implemented fully automated devices decades before microbiologists started their subtle approaches to follow. Meanwhile several papers have been published about reduced time to reports, faster workflows, and increased sensitivity as results of lab automation. While the journey of automating microbiology workflows step by step was fascinating and beneficial, monetary aspects were uncommon in most publications. In this issue of the , K. Culbreath, H. Piwonka, J. Korver, and M. Noorbakhsh (J Clin Microbiol 59:e01969-20, https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01969-20) calculate the benefits of total lab automation in terms of cost savings and lab efficiency in a "tale of four laboratories." The authors here provide facts and solid calculations about the benefits achieved in four different-sized labs after implementation of full laboratory automation.
临床化学实验室在微生物学家开始采用微妙方法进行研究的几十年前就已经实现了全面自动化。与此同时，已经发表了多篇关于报告时间缩短、工作流程加快以及实验室自动化提高灵敏度的论文。虽然微生物学工作流程逐步自动化的过程令人着迷且有益，但在大多数出版物中，货币方面并不常见。在本期的《临床微生物学杂志》中，K. Culbreath、H. Piwonka、J. Korver 和 M. Noorbakhsh（J Clin Microbiol 59:e01969-20, https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01969-20）以“四个实验室的故事”的形式，根据成本节约和实验室效率来计算全面实验室自动化的优势。本文的作者提供了在实施全面实验室自动化后，在四个不同规模的实验室中所取得的优势的事实和确凿计算。
