Accreditation for robotic tech to extend check capability for Biobest
Biobest Laboratories has gained official accreditation to make use of robotic know-how put in to extend its testing capability and supply quicker check outcomes.
The automated ELISA system put in on the firm’s laboratory at The Edinburgh Technopole, close to Penicuik, Midlothian, has been accredited to be used by the UK Accreditation Service. The federal government-appointed physique assesses and accredits organisations, offering certification, testing, inspections and calibration companies.
VetPartners, which owns Biobest, had invested within the automated system, which is able to optimise lab workflows, improve testing capability and streamline switch of information, making a quicker turnaround of outcomes.
Screening
The system shall be used for numerous serological testing, together with herd and flock screening for infections equivalent to Johne’s illness in ruminants and maedi visna and caseous lymphadenitis in sheep.
Biobest Laboratory director Paul Burr mentioned: “We’ve got been working onerous on the validation of those devices over the previous few months and I’m delighted to report that the system has now been accredited for a number of of our farm animal exams.
“This is a vital step ahead for us and means we are able to present a greater service to our prospects by lowering turnaround occasions considerably.
“We are able to additionally deal with a lot larger fluctuations in demand, which is especially useful to our farm animal work that’s extremely seasonal.
“Eradicating human information transcription steps additionally reduces the scope for errors because the outcomes go straight into the LIMS [laboratory information management system] from the testing machine.”
Different areas
Biobest mentioned it will now be different areas of automation and is within the means of validating a plate reader that may automate a part of the rabies serology testing course of.
The laboratory firm is the primary supplier of rabies testing within the UK and accepts samples from prospects worldwide.
