Objectives:

• Describe key components of an automated core chemistry line.

• Name the three basic approaches to automation.

• Define full scan and multiple reaction monitoring in mass spectrometry.

• Describe an advantage of multiplex testing

To-do List

• Watch video lectures

• Read articles:

  • Advances in clinical laboratory automation

  • Benefits of mass spectrometry

  • Glucose meters in critically ill patients

Automation in Clinical Chemistry

Examples of Automated Lines in Clinical Chemistry Laboratories

Protein Electrophoresis

Electrophoresis, Immunoelectrophoresis and Immunofixation

Mass Spectrometry

Integrating LC-MS/MS into the Clinical Laboratory

Osmometry

Gas Chromatography

Liquid Chromatography

Multiplex

Rapid Diagnostics and Point-of-Care Analyzer Examples