Workflow improvement and impact of the new Beckman Coulter LH 1500 high throughput automated hematology workcell

Laboratory Hematology : Official Publication of the International Society for Laboratory Hematology
Anthony D La PortaSharon Barr

Abstract

Our core laboratory at St. Joseph's Medical Center (SJMC) recently installed the new Beckman Coulter LH 1500 fully automated hematology workcell. Like many laboratories in North America and other parts of the world, we are under significant pressure to improve productivity, reduce costs, and improve service provision to our hospital and clinician bases. The difficulty of meeting this challenge is often further compounded by an increasing shortage of qualified technologist personnel. We recently reported on the significant productivity gains with the introduction of the LH 750 hematology system into the core laboratory, including a 23% reduction in slide review rate, automation of reticulocyte and nucleated red blood cell counts, and an 82% increase in the pass-through rate. Evolution to the next stage of automation has come much quicker than anticipated owing to a steep rise in workload and an ever increasing shortage of trained and experienced technologists to fill vacancies in the 24-hour core laboratory operation. We chose to upgrade our LH 750 analyzers to the newly introduced LH 1500 hematology workcell in order to cope with the increased workload and shortage of available experienced hematology technologists. The LH 1500 ...Continue Reading

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