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This joint presentation provides an overview of the APAS Independence, a laboratory automation device using artificial…

Introduction of automation into laboratories is a multi-faceted consideration requiring several stakeholders to inform…

This presentation discusses the application of artificial intelligence for environmental monitoring during…

This presentation discusses the opportunity to improve environmental monitoring plate reading workflows at AstraZeneca…

Microbiological methods remain deeply rooted in traditional practices and new technologies are being considered to…

A key foundation to Good Manufacturing Practice, is the execution and routine review of a robust environmental…

This study assessed the performance of the APAS Independence with PharmaQC analysis module to identify growth on TSA…

Nitroxoline is one of the recommended first-line drugs for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections…

Direct antimicrobial susceptibility testing (dAST) from urine samples using disc diffusion methods is in widespread use…

Screening for Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can account…

Urine cultures are among the highest-volume tests in clinical microbiology laboratories and usually require…

Laboratory automation with Artificial Intelligence (AI) features have now emerged into routine diagnostic clinical use…

Urine cultures (UC) constitute up to 30-40% of the workflow in clinical microbiology laboratories. Staffing…

Urine cultures are amongst the highest volume tests run in clinical microbiology laboratories and usually require…

Investigation of urine samples remains a core focus for microbiology laboratories and has largely remained manual in…

Screening of MRSA samples in routine microbiology is an important service to assist with infection control…

Examination of urine culture is one of the most commonly performed microbiology tests accounting for a significant…

Urine cultures are amongst the highest volume tests run in clinical microbiology laboratories and usually require…

Disc diffusion remains an essential part of AST and EUCAST has recently expanded its guidelines to include breakpoints…

The low prevalence (~1% in UK) of MRSA colonisation means much time is spent reading and reporting negative culture…

An evaluation of the APAS Independence’s ability to accurately triage MRSA cultures compared to human interpretation.

This study evaluated the performance of an AI imaging device, the APAS Independence to identify cases that meet the…

Automated systems have emerged to facilitate the interpretation of bacteriology culture with and without artificial…

This study was conducted to evaluate artificial intelligence (AI)-based VRE-detection algorithms in combination with…

Culture-based MRSA screening is an important part of infection control in everyday clinical practice where fast and…

Screening for MRSA colonisation is a routine task in the microbiology laboratory, with the standard method being…

In clinical diagnostic laboratories, the early detection of bacteria directly impacts early reporting of clinical…

Automated imaging and interpretation of urine cultures using artificial intelligence with composite reference standard…

An evaluation of the APAS Independence’s ability to accurately triage MRSA cultures compared to human interpretation.

Dr Glen Hansen's Poster on Intelligent Automation presented at the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Microbe in…

As culture reading can be highly subjective and time-demanding the use of artificial intelligence such as the APAS®…

AI-based systems that aid in the plate-reading process may increase the overall sample throughput.

Despite significant developments in automation, microbiology remains a highly manual and labour-intensive discipline.

An in situ evaluation of the APAS Independence was carried out in the microbiology laboratory, St Vincent’s Pathology,…

Comparison Between Digital Image and Traditional Plate Reading Using Urine Cultures.

The subject of laboratory error was examined during a symposium at the ASM Microbe 2016 conference in Boston, MA.

In recent years there has been an increase in the application of image analysis technologies within the clinical…

The aim of this study was to evaluate the abilities of this imaging device to screen three routinely used agars…

While advancements have been made in some areas of pathology with diagnostic materials being screened using image…