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COVID-19: India Gets Robotics-Enabled COBAS-6800 Testing Machine

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NEW DELHI: Health Minister Dr Harshwardhan dedicated the #COBAS 6800 testing machine to the nation. COBAS 6800 will provide high-quality, high-volume testing with a high throughput of testing approx 1200 samples per 24 hrs

This is the first such testing machine that has been procured by the government for testing of COVID-19 cases and is installed at the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.

He visited the Control Room and the Testing Laboratories of NCDC and reviewed the current status of COVID-19 testing.

The COBAS 6800 has been developed by Roche Diagnostics, which has been designed for high throughput applications such as viral load IVD monitoring, blood screening, microbiology testing and women’s health. The machine can run up to 384 tests in an 8-hour shift, with only 3 user interactions per run.

Dr Harsh Vardhan said that COBAS-6800 is a sophisticated machine enabled with robotics that minimizes the chance of contamination as well as the risk of infection to the health care workers.

Highlighting the achievements in ramping up the testing capability, Dr Harsh Vardhan said, the government has now developed a capacity to conduct one lakh tests per day.

He said that we have tested nearly 20 lakh tests for COVID-19 mark at more than 500 laboratories including 359 government laboratories and 145 private laboratories in the country.

He further added that NCDC has been now equipped with the COBAS-6800, a fully automated, high-end machine for performing real-time PCR testing COVID-19 in the service of the nation.

COBAS-6800 will provide quality, high-volume testing with around 1,200 samples in 24 hours. It will largely increase the testing capacity with a reduction in pendency.

COBAS-6800 Key Features:

A fully integrated and automated system for sample preparation and real-time PCR, the cobas® 6800 System is designed to be readily integrated into the laboratory workflow from pre-analytic to post-analytic solutions.

Unparalleled performance

  • Fastest time to result—up to 96 tests in about 3 hours
  • Unprecedented throughput—up to 384* tests in an 8-hour shift
  • Minimal hands-on time—only two user interactions

Absolute automation

  • Ready-to-load reagents do not require thawing, mixing or pouring, while radio-frequency identification (RFID) and barcodes ensure full traceability from sample in to results out
  • Automated onboard storage and refrigeration system enable ready access and maintain inventory of consumables and reagents
  • Uni- and bi-directional laboratory information system (LIS) interface simplifies order and result handling
  • Connect up to 6 cobas p 680 instruments for automated pooling, sample archiving, and workflow traceability

Unmatched Flexibility

  • Mixed testing makes it possible to perform up to 3 tests in the same run with no pre-sorting required
  • Optimise sample utilisation, processing up to three different tests from a single patient sample
  • Simplify workflow using universal processes, consumables and reagents so you can run any test any time you want
  • Meet your needs today and in the future with a broad and expanding assay menu
  • Handle high-priority samples quickly and easily with a dedicated priority lane


from League of India

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