Automated Laboratory
Our Automated Laboratory is an integrated lab with emergency analysis capabilities that covers a very wide spectrum of different methods and analytes , including all emergency analyses, e.g. electrolytes, troponin for diagnosing cardiac ischemia, etc. Approximately 180 different analyses are available continuously for random access (analytical information), and about 2.4 million analytical results a year (as at 2023) are generated.
The analyses span the fields and methods of classic clinical chemistry (e.g. photometry, turbidimetry, ion-selective electrodes, freezing point depression, etc.) as well as immunological analyses based on antigen-antibody reactions (e.g. CLIA, TRACE, ECLIA, etc.).
- Elektrolytes
- Enzymes
- Metabolites
- Substrates
- Proteines
- Medication/drugs
- Hormones
- Infection serology
- Tumor markers
The laboratory has a high level of automation, while state-of-the-art RFID technology and barcoding guarantee the highest possible safety and continuous monitoring/tracking of samples. The completely new lab automation, which was introduced in 2021, integrates various pre-analytical functions (e.g. material identification, centrifuging, sample distribution and sample transportation), the analysis itself, involving ten connected analytical modules, as well as post-analysis (e.g. aliquoting and technical validation), thus enabling compliance with the highest quality standards and the fastest possible relaying of results to the sender.
Picture: Not a spacecraft, but the Automated Laboratory at night in a polar light atmosphere
Your contact persons
DrJan Weile
Head Clinical Chemistry and Automated Laboratory
FAMH Clinical Chemistry and NF Microbiology
Specialist fields: clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunohaematology, transfusion medicine and molecular biology
Regina Rullo
BMA HF Team Leader Automated Laboratory