Beginning September 11, 2007 the Clinical Laboratories of John Muir Health will complete the conversion of all of its chemistry and immunochemistry assays (> 70 tests) to a single new platform. This change to Beckman Coulter instrumentation... more...
The Immunology Department at John Muir Walnut Creek has acquired new instrumentation that will provide enhanced service for infectious disease, autoimmune, and oncology testing. The ADVIA Centaur System is designed to handle increasing testing volumes while decreasing time and labor. Throughput is up to 240 tests per hour with on-board dilution,... more...
The John Muir Medical Center-Walnut Creek Campus Laboratory is pleased to announce our upgrade to Beckman Coulter's latest, state-of-the-art Hematology Analyzer, the LH 750. This instrument provides several advantages over its predecessor, the GenS. The new instrument gives the Clinical Laboratory Scientists a streamlined procedure... more...
Microbiology has upgraded the Microscan Walkaway instruments (which perform sensitivity testing) with the LabPro operating system. The new software streamlines workflow, and provides enhanced manipulation of data and epidemiology statistics. more...
January 1, 2000by Barry P. Latner, M.D. Medical Director
In anticipation of opening a new state-of-the-art Core Lab, the process of updating instrumentation is underway. Last month ushered in the beginning of an approximately six-month endeavor to replace our workhorse chemistry and immunoassay instruments. At MuirLab on the Walnut Creek campus, 23 immunoassays went live. These included tests... more...
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