Partial automation is a stepping stone towards full automation and offers a viable alternative.
Many microbiological food testing laboratories face increasing workload, cost pressure, and shortage of qualified personnel, making process optimization and automation important. Full automation of the diverse test process steps (weighing food sample, diluting, homogenizing, dilution series, inoculating, incubating, and plate counts) can be challenging due to sample heterogeneity and many different test parameters. Complex high-tech … Read more