Srinagar: In a bid to reduce the turnaround time, improve accuracy and enhance operational productivity for better patient care, a state-of-the-art fully Automation of Biochemistry Diagnostic Lab was recently inaugurated in the Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar.
The commissioning of Lab Track System-Full Lab Automation in the Biochemistry Diagnostic Lab GMC, and its associated Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital was e-inaugurated by Bhupinder Kumar Administrative Secretary, Health & Medical Education of J&K. Prof Samia Rashid Principal/Dean GMC Srinagar was also present on the occasion.
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The Administrative Secretary stated that the introduction of the latest technological advances including IT to augment patient care is a thrust area and steps taken by the Department of Biochemistry, GMC Srinagar in this direction were appreciated.
Full lab automation is the need of the hour for these Biochemistry Diagnostic Laboratories of GMC and its associated SMHS Hospital that process around a thousand samples round the clock.
On the fully automated analysers installed around six thousand biochemical and immunological routine / advanced investigations are done per day. The diagnostic laboratory is the central element in entire patient care and contributes to 70 percent of all clinical decisions.
This hospital will be a pioneer in introducing 'Intelligent Car Technology' with a Smart Software Infrastructure to route the samples right from receipt of the sample at phlebotomy stage to the release of the result stage. This will enable the lab to reduce the turnaround time, improve accuracy and enhance operational productivity for better patient care.
The Biochemistry department has collaborated with Abbott Laboratories to bring the latest state-of-the-art Lab Automation technology in India. The Abbott GLP Lab Automation System has transformed many laboratories across the globe as centres of excellence.
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