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| 3 | 2005
Klinisk Biokemi i Norden
The sample ID´s are sent as a HL7 message to the
database of the automation. Each sample has an
individual route in the system, which is based on
the test requests. The route is written in the micro-
chip of the sample carrier right after the bar code
of the sample is read. The system includes two
automated sample loaders with a capacity of 560
tube transfers per hour each.
Sampler loader (3.)
Tubes are harmonized to 5 ml plastic tubes. The
common LIS produces uniform bar-coded labels,
which are attached to the tubes at the phlebotomy
sites. The samples are packed into transport boxes
that fit the drawers of the sample loader.
In most cases, the phlebotomist is the first and
last person who manually touches the sample.
Most samples arrive to the central laboratory
uncentrifugated.
Centrifugation (4.)
The three automated centrifuges have each a capac-
ity of ca. 400 tubes/hour.
After centrifugation the samples are directed to
cap
removal (5.)
(Fortsætter side 10)
