Benefit analysis of the auto-verification system of intelligent inspection for microorganisms

Copyright © 2024 Ou, Chang, Chen, Chuang, Tsao, Wu, Kuo, You and Huang..

In recent years, the automatic machine for microbial identification and antibiotic susceptibility tests has been introduced into the microbiology laboratory of our hospital, but there are still many steps that need manual operation. The purpose of this study was to establish an auto-verification system for bacterial naming to improve the turnaround time (TAT) and reduce the burden on clinical laboratory technologists. After the basic interpretation of the gram staining results of microorganisms, the appearance of strain growth, etc., the 9 rules were formulated by the laboratory technologists specialized in microbiology for auto-verification of bacterial naming. The results showed that among 70,044 reports, the average pass rate of auto-verification was 68.2%, and the reason for the failure of auto-verification was further evaluated. It was found that the main causes reason the inconsistency between identification results and strain appearance rationality, the normal flora in the respiratory tract and urine that was identified, the identification limitation of the mass spectrometer, and so on. The average TAT for the preliminary report of bacterial naming was 35.2 h before, which was reduced to 31.9 h after auto-verification. In summary, after auto-verification, the laboratory could replace nearly 2/3 of manual verification and issuance of reports, reducing the daily workload of medical laboratory technologists by about 2 h. Moreover, the TAT on the preliminary identification report was reduced by 3.3 h on average, which could provide treatment evidence for clinicians in advance.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in microbiology - 15(2024) vom: 15., Seite 1334897

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ou, Yu-Hsiang [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Yung-Ta [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ding-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Chuang, Chun-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Tsao, Kuo-Chien [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Chiu-Hsiang [VerfasserIn]
Kuo, An-Jing [VerfasserIn]
You, Huey-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chung-Guei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Auto-verification
Journal Article
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometer
Microbiology
Microorganisms
Turnaround time

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Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fmicb.2024.1334897

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370519728