AM25-SN-10-L - Implementation of Lab Automation with AI-Driven Software: Best Practices and Benefits

Proposed Session Description: Laboratories, whether performing blood screening or testing for the development and manufacturing of cell and gene therapies, face many challenges in today’s changing healthcare environment. These challenges include inefficient manual processes, shortening turn-around-time requirements, staffing shortages, increasing reagent costs and budget constraints. Automation technology can help alleviate these challenges by integrating advanced robotic systems, AI-driven software, and automated analyzers to streamline serological, nucleic acid testing (NAT), microbiological and other testing. Automation also allows for introduction of software driven system controls which increase the quality of the test results. This session will cover real life examples of implementation of laboratory automation for blood screening and microbiological testing related to the cell and gene therapy industry. It will cover the advantages, key implementation steps, quantitative benefits, and best practices for designing and implementing laboratory automation. Topics covered will include automated track systems, AI-driven software, NAT and serological testing, microbiological testing, manual workload & labor reduction, environmental monitoring, enhancement of contamination control, reduction of time-to-results, increase of throughput & efficiency, and improvement of data integrity & traceability.