MURRIETA, Calif., June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — COPAN announced a
strategic partnership with Siemens for the global distribution of
COPAN WASP®: Walk-Away Specimen Processor in New Orleans,
Louisiana, during the ASM’s 111th General Meeting.
The strategic distribution partnership announcement came in
light of the worldwide launch of WASPLab™, which is a barcode
driven and conveyor-connected specimen processing system which
utilizes robotic plate management and image analysis to automate
specimen processing and workup in Microbiology. In a field of
increasing workloads and diminishing resources, WASPLab™ was
a welcomed innovation and well received by attendees of the 21st
ECCMID General Meeting and ASM’s 111th General Meeting.
“The distribution agreement with Siemens MicroScan®
portfolio complements COPAN’s vision of converging technologies to
improve front-end workflow in Bacteriology, which until recently
had been perceived as too complex to automate,” says Norman
Sharples, COPAN Diagnostics’ Executive VP. “The synergy of this
partnership presents laboratories with a streamlined solution for
single piece workflow for pre-analytics in Microbiology to improve
efficiencies, increase traceability and expand services within
current space, labor and expense limitations, to and ultimately
improve patient care. This agreement is particularly exciting for
the US hospital market as it merges Siemens’ strong reputation in
Microbiology and COPAN’s innovation in pre-analytics,” concludes
Sharples.
About COPAN Group
With a reputation for innovation in preanalytics, COPAN is
the leading manufacturer of collection and transport systems in the
world. COPAN offers a complete line of automation and a range of
microbial sampling products used for traditional culture analysis
and molecular diagnostic assays. For more information, visit www.copanusa.com
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