Improving Operational Efficiency with Siemens Healthineers Atellica Solution

• Published in: Indian journal of clinical biochemistry 2022-05, Vol.34 (S1), p.S2224
• Main Authors: Jamaluddin, Farhi Ain, Chew, Yee Yean, Yeoh, Ai Chin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Comparative analysis; Equipment and supplies; Laboratories; Laboratory equipment
• ISSN: 0970-1915

Operational efficiency is a factor to further improve laboratory performance. This is a study to verify hands-on time for system maintenance and to assess the handling time of paediatric samples on the newly-launched Atellica Solution immunoassay and clinical chemistry analyzer. The operational hands on time for Atellica Solution Daily Maintenance and Weekly Maintenance activities had been verified as 228 seconds and 126 seconds, respectively. This shows a major reduction in hands on time when compared to current instrument in the laboratory with maintenance hands on time of 2062 seconds and 1704 seconds for Daily Maintenance and Weekly Maintenance respectively. The reduction is contributed by the on-the-fly reagent loading capability and auto QC loading feature as well as technical advancement minimizing operator driven maintenance. The ability to schedule the automated maintenance task at off-peak hours improved user efficiency and reduced competency training time. In handling paediatric samples, the time required to process them was also compared to current instruments in the laboratory in three different scenarios: 1) Sample with Chemistry Assays Only, 2) Sample with Immunoassays Only 3) both Chemistry and Immunoassays. The handling time required with Atellica Solution was determined to be 2.67 minutes for all three scenarios while for current instruments, the handling time required were 4.36 minutes, 3.7 minutes and 6.7 minutes respectively. The time saving was due to the feature in Atellica Solution that helped to eradicate the need of pouring sample into a sample cup, followed by the loading of paediatric samples continuously without pausing the system and having one loading point for both the chemistry and immunoassays. The result of this study has shown that the new features in Atellica Solution will help in improving the operational efficiency in the laboratory.