ALINITY s
Purpose-built for blood and plasma screening, this transformational innovation empowers blood and plasma services to simultaneously protect the global supply of safe blood and plasma products and achieve greater operational efficiency.
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Reliability issues troubling Abbott's Alinity S
Serology
The Alinity s is a very interesting machine, it can process over 500 samples/hour, but reliability is a major, major issue. We've endured more downtime than operational time at the Bahia State blood bank (Brazil), furthermore, if the service panel is opened, or if the day QC expires in the middle of an array, or if QC is not performed on both incubation blocks simultaneously, or some other details, all samples within the machine, with or without results, must be retested. The machine also has some major trouble reading barcodes printed on kaolin coated paper, requiring manual identification from the operator. There are some firmware glitches too, requiring reset and reaction vial dump. I've noticed that there's also an issue with leaks in some lines, with buffer salt crystals forming near valves and valve actuators.
Review Date: 27 Jun 2022 | Abbott
This transformational innovation empowers blood and plasma services to simultaneously protect the global supply of safe blood and plasma products and achieve greater operational efficiency.
Alinity s allows the laboratory staff to process more samples with less effort, greater consistency and control. This leads to more efficient resource utilization and a more productive blood and plasma screening process.
- High volume workload in a minimal footprint
- Simple and intuitive interactions
- Extended walkaway time with continuous access
- Extended GMP and process controls
