Abstract:We evaluated the benefits of automation for clinical microbiology laboratory workflow and compared the time required for culture inoculation and plate reading between manual processes and BD Kiestra (but Kiestra) automation. Kiestra automation consists of different modules, each of which facilitate different tasks and work together from specimen inoculation to results reporting. We tracked the steps and measured the associated times-to-completion for both manual and automated workflows, including number of pla… Show more
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