The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has separated its out-patient laboratory from the in-patient. This is to ensure faster release of tests’ results and save patients from trekking from the Outpatient Department (OPD) to the general laboratory on the fourth floor of the Female Ward.
At the inauguration of the laboratory, the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof Chris Bode, said LUTH acquired the Architect C-4000 machinefor faster service for outpatients.The machine has been has installed in the new lab at the Accident and Emergency Unit (Out Patient Department (OPD) building.
A representative of the supplier, Abbot Diagnostic Company, Clement Mark, said the machine gives 800 tests per hour – 400 pictometric tests and 400 electrolyte tests. These, he said, cut across all parameters, which include liver function tests, kidney function test, glucose profile and many other analyses. Mark said the machine is equipped with a Processing Module (PM), with a system monitor that is connected to a System Control Unit, which works by feeding a unit in the machine called Analyser with samples. He said a system called Probes picks the sample, mixes it with the reagent in another compartment of the machine, allows it to incubate for a while and the result displayed on the monitor and then prints out for the doctors’ use.
Mark said the equipment processes samples and produces results within four to 10 minutes, depending on the protocol.
Head of Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, LUTH, Dr. Titilope Adeyemo, said the hospital would also run haematological tests – full blood count, which she noted is vital for every patient that comes to the hospital.
Prof Bode said the equipment was one of the efforts of the hospital to make the hospital a one-stop-shop for patients.
By: Oyeyemi Gbenga-Mustapha
The Nation News
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