Performance evaluation and study on open assembly line system in medical laboratory / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the advantages and continuous optimization of laboratory automation system through analysis and assessment of the core data and performance after the application of open assembly line.Methods Collect the data of biochemical and immunoassay in Shuguang Hospital attached to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from April to October 2017.( 1 ) Cost analysis of the assembly line schemes;(2) Analysis of workflow before and after the application of assembly line;(3) Analysis of the volume of samples collecting before and after the application of assembly line ;(4) Analysis of TAT data before and after the application of assembly line; ( 5 ) Analysis of staffs allocation before and after the application of assembly line; (6) Analysis of samples rechecking before and after the application of assembly line .Results (1) Open assembly line costs least on hardware (8 million) and site among various projects;(2) Inspection process is greatly simplified after the application of assembly line;(3) The samples′volume of biochemical and immunoassay inspection were reduced by 31.85％;(4) The items′test cycle decreases after the application of assembly line , the average TAT is reduced by 32 minutes;(5) Staffs for samples pretreatment can be reduced by 50％after the application of assembly line , and the quantity of operators does not change;(6) The number of re-check samples increase except the gray zone and critical values , which ensures the reliability of the results .Conclusion To analyze the core data and to evaluate the performance , the laboratory improve on detection cycle ,staffs,and test efficiency.