Ziath reviews on the widespread adoption of its DataPaq™ Dice rack reader in Covid-19 testing labs for monitoring of pattern tubes cryogenically saved in cryoboxes.
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Conserving monitor of huge numbers of Covid-19 RNA extraction samples could be an onerous process. Many labs world wide are utilizing 2 ml screw cap tubes with 2D barcodes on the idea for this work, together with these laboratories geared up by the profitable UN/IAEA provide program.
Screw cap tubes with 2D barcodes are extensively out there from many alternative producers and are provided in cryoboxes which might maintain eighty-one 2 ml tubes or as much as 100 smaller tubes in a 13 x 13cm sq. format. Efficiency optimized for this rack measurement – the DataPaq™ Dice has pre-loaded pattern administration templates which could be chosen for the 81-, 100-, 121- or 196-tube cryobox codecs provided by varied producers.
Particular pre-cut “masks” allow the DataPaq™ Dice to firmly maintain cryoboxes of various codecs and from varied suppliers, as these can typically differ barely of their outer dimensions. Studying a full cryobox of 100 Covid-19 pattern tubes and decoding their barcodes takes just one second for the total rack utilizing Ziath’s newest AI-powered DP5 software program. The ensuing Covid-19 pattern tube barcodes are displayed in tabular format along with a helpful picture exhibiting the efficiently decoded tubes. This vital information could be exported as .csv, .png, .txt, .xls, .pdf or Python format to any linked LIMS or stock administration system reminiscent of Ziath’s Samples software program program.
