Autoanalyser

An autoanalyser is a computer-controlled laboratory instrument built to carry out rapid, automated estimation of many biochemical parameters in a body-fluid sample - common examples include glucose, urea, cholesterol, various enzymes and other proteins. Rather than a technician manually pipetting and timing each reaction, the autoanalyser is fully integrated to control every step itself: it regulates reaction temperature, measures out precise sample and reagent volumes, and moves fluids through the system automatically, which removes much of the human error and time cost of manual testing. More advanced multichannel autoanalysers go a step further, allowing the operator to select any combination of tests to run on a single batch of samples, so one machine can screen a patient's blood for dozens of different substances in a single run. Because it standardises reaction conditions precisely, an autoanalyser also improves the consistency and reliability of resu …