EUROLabWorkstation IFA
Full automation of indirect immunofluorescence
The EUROLabWorkstation IFA heralds a new era in IFA automation. With this new development Euroimmun enables fully automated and standardised processing with the highest capacity and efficiency for laboratories with high sample throughput. Up to 750 substrate fields and more than 700 samples can be analysed at high throughput with just one worklist. The system was developed by Euroimmun with a focus on data integrity and minimisation of manual processes. The established TITERPLANE technique is complemented by the newly developed MERGITE! technology for washing of slides which ensures brilliant fluorescence signals without background for the automatically mounted slides.
The software can be operated comfortably and intuitively via a touch screen and guides the user through the entire process. Complete traceability is guaranteed at all times, since the matrix codes of the slides and the barcodes of samples, reagents and accessories are automatically detected in each step of the process.
- Fully automated processing of Euroimmun immunofluorescence tests from primary sample to mounted slide
- Highest capacity of up to 750 substrate fields and more than 700 samples in a single worklist
- Highest efficiency due to 10 washable pipetting needles and complementary accessories, as well as separation of pipetting and transport steps for flexible time management
- Flexible workflows owing to freely selectable loading of the 45 tracks with samples, reagents and dilution plates
- Brilliant fluorescence signals with the unique MERGITE! washing technology – each substrate field is washed without the risk of cross contamination using directed liquid flow in a standardised and gentle procedure
Information material
Workflow optimisation
- 45 sample and reagent tracks for freely flexible loading
- Slides with 10 and 50 reaction fields
- Spatial separation of liquid handling and incubation (enables parallel workflows)
- Fully automated washing and mounting of slides
Precise and efficient pipetting
- 10 coated stainless steel needles and precision pumps for high pipetting accuracy
- Optimised pipetting efficiency due to economical routes
- Secure pipetting procedure owing to liquid level detection
- Multishot function for the dispensing of reagents and samples
Innovative washing technology
- Fully automated washing of IFA slides using directed and controlled liquid flow: MERGITE! washing technology
- Two integrated washing units for slides with 10 and 50 reaction fields
- Integrated washing unit for cleaning of reagent trays
- Automatic dispensing of mounting medium
Convenient operation
- Touch-screen PC with intuitive graphic user interface
- Clear display of the time schedule for the current run
- Software-supported maintenance with minimum time required
Overview of the process status
- Convenient system overview with detailed status information on run times, resources and slides
- ID-based memory function for dilution plates
- Exact time information on pending actions to improved plannability
Process security from A-Z
- Software access with different user accounts and rights
- Transparent traceability of all data entries and changes
- Gapless allocation of test results to the samples and reagents used
| Sample types | serum, plasma and CSF |
| Patient sample capacity | > 700 samples |
| Slide capacity | up to 750 reaction fields (combination of slides with 10 and 50 reaction fields possible) |
| Parameter capacity per run | up to 75 |
| Slide washing unit | one each for slides with 10 and 50 reaction fields |
| Reagent tray washing unit | 5 dispensing needles and 11 aspiration needles |
| Throughput | > 200 tests per hour |
| Sample tubes | Outer diameter 10 – 16 mm, height up to 100 mm |
| Pipetting volume | 5 μl – 1100 μl, 1 μl increments |
| Traceability | automated registration of samples, reagents, dilution plates, slides, reagent trays and cover glass holders |
| User interface | touchscreen PC with EUROLabWorkstation IFA software operating system: Microsoft ® Windows ® 10 LTSB |
| Online connection | ASTM via EUROLabOffice |
| Dimensions (W x D x H) | 2920 mm x 811 mm x 859 mm |
| Weight | 450 kg |
