Currently, lab specimens are delivered manually to the lab staff responsible for testing the specimens within clinical laboratory premises.
At peak capacity, thousands of specimens may need to be tested daily. To streamline the process, specimens can be batched and tested together whenever possible to help reduce the number of deliveries required.
However, batching specimens can lead to delays in providing test results and may not follow a first-in, first-out principle.
As such, clinical laboratories are seeking innovative solutions to partially or fully automate the transport of specimens from one section of the lab to another. This route will involve going through automated door(s) which is opened using an induction sensor. The proposed tech-augmented specimen delivery solution should improve the manual and labour-intensive process that occurs daily.