Abstract
The diagnostic clinical microbiology laboratory has seen rapid developments over the last few years, some as a result of new and affordable technology allowing automation of routine processes. Laboratories meanwhile have also faced a decreasing pool of skilled technicians, increasing workload demands, and increasing need for cost-effectiveness. In the bacteriology laboratory, two-thirds of a technician’s time may be spent on non-core activities, with one-quarter being spent on inoculation of plates and broths. The development of systems combining biology, informatics, imaging and engineering can allow automation of repetitive fastidious tasks, enabling the technician and microbiologist to focus on ‘high value add’ activities. This session will reflect on the role of traditional culture and phenotypic identification, discuss some of the advances in automation in microbiology, and what this means for the microbiologist of the future.
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