Keeping the spotlight on quality from a distance

Maintaining the quality of testing in remote locations can be demanding of laboratory resources in terms of daily visits to instruments and providing support outside of normal working hours. Recently technology and software s olutions have appeared to reduce this burden for laboratory scientists dram atically. The AVL Auto QC unit, in conjunction with OMNILink software, allo w laboratory Staff to perform many quality control and maintenance procedur es on instruments in wards and medical units from a PC in the central labor atory. Assessment of this technology and software in the Special Baby Care Unit at Bradford Royal Infirmary has demonstrated many benefits including r eduction in ward visits, better support out of hours, regular quality contr ol checks, and improved analytical quality.