Bar code reading station

Figure 11-2 A robotic device is used in the Abbott Architect cSOOO, ci8200, and i2000SR to move racks of specimens from multiple specimen introduction bays located across die front of the analyzer to a bar code reading station (iefi) and to analyzer module sampling areas (centerj. Covers normally present on this c8000 analyzer have been removed. (Reproduction of this photograph has been granted with approval of Abbott Laboratories, Inc, alt rights reserved by Abbott Laboratories, Inc wv/v/.abbottdiagnostics.com.)...

Bar code reading stations Multiple bar code readers are placed at critical locations in the processing system to track specimens and provide information for their proper routing to various stations in the processing system. 

Figure 1-18 Use of the conveyor system to sort specimens dynamically during specimen transport eliminates the requirement for separate equipment to sort specimens, but requires a more sophisticated conveyor system with numerous bar code reading stations and gates to direct the specimens to the appropriate workstation. (From Boyd JC, Felder RA, Savory J. Robotics and the changing face of the clinical laboratory. Clin Chem 1996 42 1901-10.)...

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