The comparison of personal lab and architect i2000SR in analysing specimen in laboratory / Siti Adlina Md Afendi

The aim of the present study was to compare and contrast the two instruments that are being used in the hospital to analyse the samples that are being sent to the laboratories. There is an increase in the workloads of the laboratories technicians due to the increase of sample sent to the lab. The two instrument that are used in the laboratories is the Personal lab which uses the method Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and Architect i2000SR which uses the method Chemiluminescent Micrparticle Immunoassay (CMIA) or the more famous name Chemi-flex technology.There are many differences in the sample size and the time of process in both instruments. The time consume for each sample by Architect i2000SR is 30 minutes in getting a full result out. Personal Lab uses a different method where the samples are all process in one run, which will take about 4 hours in getting a full result of the 91 samples. The method are all the same but the differences come in where the use of pre-trigger and trigger in Architect i2000SR.The technique and method used are the same in both instruments which is the “sandwich” noncompetitive assay.