November 29, 2023
Building the business case for the introduction of APAS Independence
Introduction of automation into laboratories is a multi-faceted consideration requiring several stakeholders to inform…
November 29, 2023
Case Study: Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Monitoring
This presentation discusses the application of artificial intelligence for environmental monitoring during…
November 22, 2023
Automated Reading of Agar Plates using AI
This presentation discusses the opportunity to improve environmental monitoring plate reading workflows at AstraZeneca…
October 4, 2023
Preliminary performance testing of the APAS® Independence with APAS® PharmaQC artificial intelligence system for environmental monitoring in sterile manufacturing.
Microbiological methods remain deeply rooted in traditional practices and new technologies are being considered to…
August 28, 2023
Data Integrity Challenges in the Pharmaceutical Microbiology Laboratory
A key foundation to Good Manufacturing Practice, is the execution and routine review of a robust environmental…
July 28, 2023
APAS PharmaQC Pilot Secondary Validation Study Results
This study assessed the performance of the APAS Independence with PharmaQC analysis module to identify growth on TSA…
May 8, 2023
Comparison of AI-assisted and manual zone interpretation of Nitroxoline in uncomplicated urinary tract infections.
Nitroxoline is one of the recommended first-line drugs for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections…
May 8, 2023
Direct antimicrobial susceptibility testing for acute urinary tract infection – comparison of AI-assisted zone interpretation and conventional susceptibility testing methods.
Direct antimicrobial susceptibility testing (dAST) from urine samples using disc diffusion methods is in widespread use…
October 4, 2022
Comparison of the automated plate assessment system (APAS) to manual plate reading of surveillance screening cultures and clinical urine cultures – a diagnostic study
Screening for Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can account…
August 23, 2022
Comparison of the APAS Independence Automated Plate Reader System with the Manual Standard of Care for Processing Urine Culture Specimens
Urine cultures are among the highest-volume tests in clinical microbiology laboratories and usually require…
August 17, 2022
Microbiology 2.0 – A “behind the scenes” consideration for artificial intelligence applications for interpretive culture plate reading in routine diagnostic laboratories
Laboratory automation with Artificial Intelligence (AI) features have now emerged into routine diagnostic clinical use…
June 15, 2022
Evaluation of the APAS Independence as an artificial intelligence tool for urine culture reporting in a clinical hospital setting
Urine cultures (UC) constitute up to 30-40% of the workflow in clinical microbiology laboratories. Staffing…
June 15, 2022
Comparison of the APAS Independence automated plate reader system with manual standard-of-care for processing urine culture specimens
Urine cultures are amongst the highest volume tests run in clinical microbiology laboratories and usually require…
April 27, 2022
Streamlining Urine Processing with modular automation using DxM Autoplak and APAS Independence: A French experience with CPSE media
Investigation of urine samples remains a core focus for microbiology laboratories and has largely remained manual in…
April 27, 2022
Evaluation of the APAS Independence with Thermo Fisher Brilliance MRSA Analysis Module at NHS William Harvey Hospital
Screening of MRSA samples in routine microbiology is an important service to assist with infection control…
April 27, 2022
Artificial intelligence and diagnostic microbiology: Comparison of APAS Independence with chromogenic UTI media Analysis Module and routine plate-in-hand with traditional CLED media at NHS William Harvey Hospital
Examination of urine culture is one of the most commonly performed microbiology tests accounting for a significant…
April 27, 2022
Comparison of the APAS Independence Automated Plate Reader System with manual standard-of-care for processing urine culture specimens
Urine cultures are amongst the highest volume tests run in clinical microbiology laboratories and usually require…
April 27, 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST): Automated imaging and the use of artificial intelligence for interpretation of disc-diffusion AST according to EUCAST, including rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (RAST)
Disc diffusion remains an essential part of AST and EUCAST has recently expanded its guidelines to include breakpoints…
March 18, 2022
Impact of an Automated Plate Reader for MRSA and Urine Chromogenic Culture Plates
The low prevalence (~1% in UK) of MRSA colonisation means much time is spent reading and reporting negative culture…
September 14, 2021
Comparison of an Automated Plate Assessment System (APAS Independence) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to manual Plate Reading of Methicillin-resistant and Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Chromagar Surveillance Cultures
An evaluation of the APAS Independence’s ability to accurately triage MRSA cultures compared to human interpretation.
July 14, 2021
Introduction and use of an AI imaging device (APAS® Independence) to autoverify Urine cultures – Presented by Dr Glen Hansen
This study evaluated the performance of an AI imaging device, the APAS Independence to identify cases that meet the…
July 13, 2021
Comparison of MRSA plate reading methods: APAS® Independence (Artificial Intelligence), plate-in-hand and Kiestra™ (digital reads)
Automated systems have emerged to facilitate the interpretation of bacteriology culture with and without artificial…
July 13, 2021
Evaluation of the use of artificial intelligence for the detection of VRE using two different agar types
This study was conducted to evaluate artificial intelligence (AI)-based VRE-detection algorithms in combination with…
July 13, 2021
Validation of APAS Independence (CCS) AI-Algorithms to detect MRSA in a routine setup
Culture-based MRSA screening is an important part of infection control in everyday clinical practice where fast and…
July 13, 2021
Evaluation of an automated culture plate reading instrument for MRSA culture screening
Screening for MRSA colonisation is a routine task in the microbiology laboratory, with the standard method being…
July 13, 2021
Introducing artificial intelligence for early Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci culture reads with APAS®
In clinical diagnostic laboratories, the early detection of bacteria directly impacts early reporting of clinical…
October 9, 2020
Clinical evaluation of the APAS® Independence
Automated imaging and interpretation of urine cultures using artificial intelligence with composite reference standard…
July 8, 2020
Comparison of an Automated Plate Assessment System and Artificial Intelligence
An evaluation of the APAS Independence’s ability to accurately triage MRSA cultures compared to human interpretation.
June 4, 2019
Intelligent Automation – the first US Use of the APAS Independence Delivering Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Microbiology Automation
Dr Glen Hansen's Poster on Intelligent Automation presented at the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Microbe in…
June 1, 2019
Evaluation of APAS® Independence for routine urine culture reading within a private clinical setting
As culture reading can be highly subjective and time-demanding the use of artificial intelligence such as the APAS®…
April 4, 2019
Introduction of artificial intelligence for high throughput culture-based MRSA screening
AI-based systems that aid in the plate-reading process may increase the overall sample throughput.
April 9, 2018
Image Interpretation of urine cultures using APAS Independence – artificial intelligence in the routine clinical laboratory
Despite significant developments in automation, microbiology remains a highly manual and labour-intensive discipline.
April 9, 2018
Image Interpretation of urine cultures using APAS Independence – artificial intelligence in the routine clinical laboratory
An in situ evaluation of the APAS Independence was carried out in the microbiology laboratory, St Vincent’s Pathology,…
August 16, 2017
Multicenter Evaluation of an Image Analysis Device (APAS)
Comparison Between Digital Image and Traditional Plate Reading Using Urine Cultures.
November 4, 2016
Observations on variations in manual reading of cultures
The subject of laboratory error was examined during a symposium at the ASM Microbe 2016 conference in Boston, MA.
March 21, 2016
Initial Evaluation of an Image Analysis Device for the Screening of Cultures from Clinical Specimens
In recent years there has been an increase in the application of image analysis technologies within the clinical…
March 21, 2016
Initial Evaluation of an Image Analysis Device for the Screening of Cultures from Clinical Specimens
The aim of this study was to evaluate the abilities of this imaging device to screen three routinely used agars…
January 28, 2016
Evaluation of an Image Analysis Device (APAS) for Screening Urine Cultures
While advancements have been made in some areas of pathology with diagnostic materials being screened using image…
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