Laboratory Organization/automation

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An explanation of the principles of laboratory management for clinical biochemists and pathologists, whose training rarely includes information on the subject. Covers the management and organization of the work flow and the technical possibilities of automation. Contributors, most from Switzerland and Germany, discuss such topics as planning and design, cost analysis, centralization and decentralization, laboratory requests, sample identification and distribution, reporting results, personnel, mechanization and automation, several kinds of analysis, automating small laboratories, evaluating automated equipment, and robots. Includes a packet of example computer forms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)