Workflow Analysis Comparing Manual and Automated Specimen Processing for Mass Spectrometry–Based Vitamin D Testing.

Objective: To quantify the benefits of automating specimen extraction in terms of specimen-preparation times and labor usage. Methods: We used workflow modeling and time-motion studies to compare manual and automated solid-phase extraction methods to prepare specimens for a mass spectrometry–based v...

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Published in:Laboratory Medicine Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 361 - 368
Main Authors: Hermes Tacker, Danyel, Topardo, Joyce, Mahaffey, Carole, Perrotta, Peter L.
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Fall2014
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