CLSI AUTO05

Laboratory Automation: Electromechanical Interfaces, 1st Edition

This document provides standards for the development of an electromechanical interface between instruments and specimen processing and handling devices used in automated laboratory testing procedures.

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Chairholder: Richard A. McPherson, MD

Date of Publication: March 20, 2001

Order Code PDF: CLSI AUTO05AE
ISBN Number: 1-56238-432-5

Order Code Print: print not available

Edition: First

Pages: 60

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has evaluated and recognized this approved-level consensus standard for use in satisfying a regulatory requirement.

This archived document is no longer being reviewed through the CLSI Consensus Document Development Process. However, this document is technically valid as of January 2017. Because of its value to the laboratory community, it is being retained in CLSI’s library.

CLSI AUTO05 Abstract

CLSI document AUTO05-A—Laboratory Automation: Electromechanical Interfaces; Approved Standard defines a standard connection between instruments and specimen processing and handling devices (including automated centrifuges, automated aliquoters, specimen integrity devices, and automated storage and retrieval systems) and automation systems. The user of the technology can thus create an optimally functioning automated laboratory environment. The issues addressed include: • optimal configuration of the transport system in relation to the instrument; • relationship of the instruments and/or specimen processing and handling devices to different types of transportation referenced to a defined point of reference (POR) (e.g., automated guided vehicles or “AGVs,” conveyors, and other mechanisms); • responsibility for positioning of the specimen container in relation to the transport system and instrument; • communication between the instruments and specimen processing and handling devices and the electromechanical interface transportation mechanism; and • safety issues related to operation. CLSI. Laboratory Automation: Electromechanical Interfaces; Approved Standard. CLSI document AUTO05-A (ISBN 1-56238-432-5). Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, 950 West Valley Road, Suite 2500, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087, USA 2001. The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute consensus process, which is the mechanism for moving a document through two or more levels of review by the health care community, is an ongoing process. Users should expect revised editions of any given document. Because rapid changes in technology may affect the procedures, methods, and protocols in a standard or guideline, users should replace outdated editions with the current editions of CLSI documents. Current editions are listed in the CLSI catalog and posted on our website at www.clsi.org. If your organization is not a member and would like to become one, and to request a copy of the catalog, contact us at: Telephone: 610.688.0100; Fax: 610.688.0700; E-Mail: customerservice@clsi.org; Website: www.clsi.org.