UK’s largest automated laboratory to be supported by Sysmed
UK’s largest automated laboratory to be supported by Sysmed
High volume pathology laboratory requires highly flexible LIMS
Sysmed Solutions Ltd, formerly known as wwa.sysmed, has been chosen as the IT solutions provider to support Whitfield Street Laboratory Ltd (WSL) a new company set up to run the UK’s largest, high volume, automated pathology laboratory. This ground breaking operation will provide the latest in laboratory facilities for a partnership between University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCLH) and The Doctors Laboratory Ltd (TDL).
The new automated laboratory will manage the bulk of the combined chemistry and haematology workload for both organisations, processing over 50,000 tests per day. Adopting the latest in state-of-the-art analytical and robotic technologies, together with sophisticated workflow design, the new automated laboratory aims to set new standards in process efficiency.
Sysmed will be providing a responsive and flexible Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) capable of efficiently handling the unprecedented, high volume workload, and also meeting the information processing and knowledge management requirements of both partners. WinPath, Sysmed’s market leading LIMS system, was chosen by WSL due to its proven ability to efficiently interface with, and control the sophisticated robotic and analytical technologies within the new facility.
At all stages in the laboratory process, the fully integrated WinPath LIMS will recognise and differentiate samples originating from multiple sources and ensure the correct analyses are automatically performed relative to sample origin and request. It will also seamlessly manage information streams and outcomes as required by UCLH and TDL.
Fiona Pearson, CEO of Sysmed said. “ we are very excited to be working with such prestigious organisations as UCLH and TDL, and extremely pleased to have been chosen to support this new venture by providing the mainstay service for the automated laboratory. We are confident that we will enable this pioneering partnership to meet its objectives in improving service delivery, cost efficiency and, most importantly, patient care.”
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NOTES TO EDITORS:
Sysmed Solutions Ltd is a leading UK supplier of integrated IT solutions with over 15 years experience in successfully delivering and supporting pathology IT systems. Sysmed has an installed customer base of over 100 UK sites the majority of which operate the WinPath module, the company’s core LIMS system.
WinPath is fully scalable and proven across the full spectrum of laboratory operations from the small multi-disciplinary laboratory through to large teaching hospitals as well as accommodating the complex needs of the multi-site, integrated pathology networks.
University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCLH) is one of the UK’s largest providers of healthcare services, medical research and training with strong academic links and a thriving research base. UCLH NHS Trust is one of the country’s largest providers of healthcare services, medical research and training. Its hospitals include the University College Hospital, The Middlesex Hospital, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetric Hospital, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Eastman Dental Hospital, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Heart Hospital and The Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital.
The Doctors Laboratory Ltd (TDL) is one the largest independent provider of clinical laboratory diagnostic services in the UK. It’s parent company, Sonic Healthcare Ltd, is an Australian organisation with a turnover in 2003 of approximately A$1 billion and one of the largest providers of clinical diagnostics in the World. It offers pathology and radiology services to medical practitioners, hospitals and community medicine in Australia, New Zealand and the Far East.
This new facility is in line with the Government’s Modernisation Policy for Pathology and Services in the UK, and will help improve turnaround times for patients.
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