Take-out station

Take-out stations Temporary storage areas for specimens before or after analysis. The take-out station may be the same as the sorter described above where specimens are sorted for manual delivery. However, it may also serve as a holding area (stockyard) for specimens awaiting autoverification of results in case a repeat test is required. 

Storage and retrieval system. This unit may serve the same function as the take-out station or stockyard—that of holding specimens after analysis in case a specimen is necessary for a repeat test, but it has one major difference. These units are typically refrigerated and hold many more specimens (several thousand) than the typical take-out station or stodcyard. Depending on daily workloads, the laboratory may be able to retain one week s worth of specimens for possible repeat or additional tests. Specimen containers are loaded and retrieved robotically. 

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