These convenient solutions have helped the lab to increase its throughput and tackle a sample backlog despite the ongoing turmoil caused by the global pandemic.
NHPHL carries out testing for infectious diseases like influenza, measles, mumps, HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis C. When the global health crisis hit in 2020, the lab was forced to also perform high volume, fast turnaround COVID-19 testing on top of its routine tasks, quickly reaching approximately 800 to 1,000 SARS-CoV-2 tests every day. Dr Jessica L. Alexander, Virology/STD Laboratory Supervisor at NHPHL, explained: “At the start of the pandemic, our staff were struggling to get through this enormous workload using their existing manual pipettes, creating a backlog. We therefore adopted the ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot with the VOYAGER adjustable tip spacing pipette, and the MINI 96 to process larger sample numbers of SARS-CoV-2 specimens in parallel, saving valuable time and enhancing throughput. Without these automated ...
