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Is your laboratory able to adapt to new challenges?

With increasing testing volumes, staff shortages and the need to consolidate testing processes, you may be wondering
how your current laboratory solution is going to deliver results to stay consistent and productive, without compromising quality?

An automated solution that adapts to your laboratory

 

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Automated solutions can help you address your laboratory challenges. Laboratory automation can enhance laboratory operations, maximize financial efficiencies, and advance laboratory outcomes.1,2

The modular, flexible, and scalable BD Kiestra™ Laboratory Automation Solutions work with your evolving needs, bringing track-connected and standalone automation to your inoculation, incubation, plate reading, and results reporting. 

With informatics and Workflow Optimization Services, BD Kiestra™ Solutions can partner with you in designing and delivering customizable, world class laboratory automation solutions tailored to your laboratory's specific needs.

Automating your laboratory’s most challenging processes with BD Kiestra™ Solutions can help you:

 

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    Enhance laboratory operations2

    Improve staff efficiency while reducing risk of error, generating accurate results faster and adapting to testing volume growth1-4

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    Maximize financial efficiencies1

    Manage labor costs and laboratory expenditures with increased efficiency and reduced errors2

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    Advance laboratory outcomes1,2

    Improve end-to-end quality and accuracy for more confidence in results reporting1,4,5

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    Elevate to modular, flexible, and scalable automation with BD Kiestra™ Solutions 

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    Equip your lab to meet current and future needs with the modular, flexible and scalable BD Kiestra™ Lab Automation Solutions.

     

    Tailor automation to your unique needs. Whether you're automating specific steps or the entire process, our solution offers customizable entry points.

    Break free from constraints. The BD Kiestra™ TLA seamlessly integrates a suite of automated modules, adapting to your lab's layout and workflow.

    Future-proof your investment. As demands grow, simply add modules—no need to replace the entire system. Accommodate changes, expansions, and new requirements with ease.

    BD Kiestra™ Laboratory Automation Solutions
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    BD Kiestra™ IdentifA

    Powered by BD Synapsys™ informatics solution, the BD Kiestra™ IdentifA automates the preparation of a McFarland suspension for BD™ Bruker MALDI Biotyper® CA System identification, which may provide greater efficiency by reducing labor and processing errors.

    BD Kiestra™ ReadA

    Powered by BD Synapsys™ microbiology informatics solution, the BD Kiestra™ ReadA intelligent incubation and imaging system provides closed door incubation and high throughput imaging, delivering accuracy through standardized digital image acquisition.

    BD Kiestra™ MRSA Application

    BD Kiestra™ MRSA Application is an AI-developed application that enables high resolution, standardized plate imaging to deliver laboratory efficiencies and advanced image analysis.

    BD Kiestra™ Total Lab Automation (TLA) System

    Delivers an end-to-end automated workflow from plate labeling, inoculation, incubation, imaging, culture reading and results reporting. The new modular track design enables configuration flexibility, modularity and scalability that adapt to your laboratory.

    BD Kiestra™ InoqulA Sample Processor

    Powered by BD Synapsys™ informatics solution, the BD Kiestra™ InoqulA is a comprehensive, automated microbiology sample processing solution that is able to automate the processing of both liquid and non-liquid samples.

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    Learn more about how BD Kiestra™ Solutions may enhance your laboratory through modular, flexible, and scalable automation.

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    The BD Synapsys™ Informatics Solution: helping your lab become Streamlined, Smart, and Scalable

    The BD Synapsys™ Informatics Solution is an efficient, streamlined software solution that helps enhance laboratory workflows and empowers data-driven clinical and operational decision making, with flexibility to adapt and scale to changing lab needs.

    • Helps to enhance laboratory efficiency with a solution that streamlines data management workflow
    • Smart software tools help your laboratory personnel focus on the most important and impactful data
    • Configurability adapts BD Synapsys™ Informatics Solution to meet the unique needs of your laboratory
    • BD Synapsys™ Informatics Solution is designed with data security and privacy controls in mind
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    Helps to enhance laboratory efficiency with a solution that streamlines data management workflow.
     

    • Digital culture reading and analysis: Take advantage of innovative digital microbiology tools that enable new ways of working on cultures in the lab, helping get the most out of your lab automation solution

    • Workflow organization: Help your lab to flexibly organize worklists to quickly process your most important data management tasks and make the most efficient and streamlined use of available resources.

    • Anywhere anytime access: Help speed up activities and decision-making throughout your organization, with anywhere, anytime access to data and results.

    Smart software tools help your laboratory personnel focus on the most important and impactful data.
     

    • Smart digital automation: Supports operational performance through automated data processing using a workflow rules engine

    • On-demand analytics: Support effective laboratory decision-making by tracking lab operations and diagnostic metrics and presenting them in customizable dashboards

    • Quality and compliance: Designed to support compliance and lab accreditation data gathering
       

    Configurability allows BD Synapsys™ Informatics Solution to meet the unique needs of your laboratory.

     

    • Capacity scaling: Easily add volume capacity to your lab automation or other BD instrumented solutions, without adding new IT and LIS complexity

    • Capability scaling: Supports unified workflow management between laboratory automation, blood culture, molecular, and identification instrument platforms from BD

    • Location scaling: Enable the benefits of digital culture processing between remote locations and the central lab with anywhere, anytime access

    • IT integration: Designed with a focus on ease of integration to help comply with your institution's IT policies and requirements
       

    BD Synapsys™ Informatics Solution is designed with data security and privacy controls in mind.

    What we do

    • BD Synapsys™ Informatics Solution is designed with a focus on data security and privacy, incorporating industry standards in software design
    • The Solution is developed according to secure coding standards and undergoes independent penetration testing
    • BD Synapsys™ Informatics Solution implements strong database encryption (AES 256 bit) and encrypted data transfer

     

    How we help you

    • You control system access for users with flexible role-based access control, that can integrate with your Active Directory
    • You are supported with extensive logging and traceability of all aspects of system usage
    • The solution facilitates compliance with your lab's IT policies by supporting installation on customer-provided servers

     

    Why trust us

    • BD makes use of independent security and privacy assessments of our products
    • Independent assessments for UL CAP certification & SOC2 compliance are available on the BD Cybersecurity Trust Center1
    • Transparency is important so we provide a product Security White Paper documenting any known vulnerabilities

    Workflow Optimization

    Supported by BD Workflow Optimization Services

    BD experts partner with your laboratory by designing, delivering and enhancing your laboratory automation solution, supporting a seamless, integrated microbiology pathway. Our range of tailored training and services includes:

    • On-site assessment, including workflow and IT analysis
    • Solution design, including technical assessment and laboratory integration assessment
    • Solution implementation service, including project management, change management and educational services
    • Continuous support and improvement with technical services,  data analysis and workflow optimization
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    Experience BD Kiestra™

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    Lab automation project qualification

    On-site evaluation
    An immersive, on-site analysis with BD consultants, known as a “day-in-your-life” evaluation, to understand your lab’s environment and needs to tailor the right solution for you.

     

    Our team studies your processes, schedules and data, focusing on identifying specific opportunities for improvement and barriers to success.

     

    Preliminary configuration
    Our experts leverage their knowledge and simulation tools to provide a recommended configuration with actionable insights based on the on-site assessment.

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    Solution design

    Tailored development
    We offer a detailed workflow, data flow and technical lab assessment for a deeper understanding of your lab environment, capturing any current and future needs that could influence the design of the solution, with the goal of ensuring consistent integration and maximum value of your solution.

     

    Based on an assessment of your current data and workflow environment, we provide you instrument sizing and layout scenarios to tailor your solution to your needs and help you visualize your future laboratory, to be defined and validated together.

     

    Solution validation
    From our assessment and report out, we work with you to validate your advanced automation solution configuration and plan its integration (including hardware, software and services) to build your finalized solution together.

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    Solution delivery

    Project management
    We work to ensure timely implementation with our project management experts, who facilitate planning, risk anticipation and management, tapping into internal and external team support (resource management) and communication while ensuring continuous collaboration.

     

    Our project managers support and collaborate with you and your stakeholders to assess, plan and monitor the readiness of your building, your lab, your team and your IT environment while anticipating and mitigating any risks or limitations that may arise.

     

    Our team utilizes a complete, standardized and customizable toolkit, including project charter planning, stakeholder mapping, communication structures, action and issue logs, risk and mitigation logs, project dashboards, technical documents and change management toolkits to support you and your team in your lab transformation.

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    Solution delivery: Installation

    Solution installation
    Orchestrated by our project manager, our team manages the installation and deployment of your solution, including IT configuration, to integrate it into your workflow as quickly and smoothly as possible.

     

    Finally, our customized team of informatics experts will help unlock your lab automation solution’s maximum value through integrated informatics solutions to ready your system for launch.

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    Solution delivery: Implementation

    Solution configuration, education, and validation
    Based on our project planning, our team of expert automation application specialists manage the configuration and integration of your lab automation solution into the defined and agreed workflows and solution designs.

     

    We help onboard and train your teams to the new protocols and workflows defined in the design phase.

     

    Based on our lab automation knowledge and expertise, we support you to advance your solution validation, to ensure smooth transition to your routine use.

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    Long-term partnership

    Continuous support
    Once your solution has been integrated, implemented, and validated, our technical services remain available through direct and remote maintenance and support, to maximize the use of our lab automation solution.

     

    Advanced Professional Services
    In addition, we offer flexible, customizable add-on services to support continuous up-skilling in your lab, including training in workflow optimization, lean workflows, and data-driven reporting.

    • Services

    BD Life Sciences Technical Services

    BD Service teams enable you to better serve your customers, patients and research partners. You can count on our deep knowledge and experience to help ensure your instruments deliver expected, timely results.

    BD Life Sciences RSS Remote Connectivity

    Remote Support Services (RSS) is the BD enterprise-class solution offering remote management and support of BD products deployed at your clinical and research laboratory.

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    BD Kiestra™ InoqulA sample processor

    The BD Kiestra™ InoqulA is the automated solution to your microbiology sample processing challenges.

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    BD Kiestra™ MRSA Application

    An AI-developed application that enables high resolution, standardized plate imaging to deliver laboratory efficiencies and advanced image analysis

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    The 3rd generation BD Kiestra™ Total Lab Automation (TLA) System

    The 3rd generation BD Kiestra™ TLA solution delivers an end-to-end automated workflow from plate labeling, inoculation, incubation, imaging, culture reading and results reporting. The new modular track design enables configuration flexibility, modularity and scalability that adapt to your laboratory’s needs today, and into the future.

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    BD Kiestra™ ReadA

    Powered by BD Synapsys™ microbiology informatics solution, the BD Kiestra™ ReadA intelligent incubation and imaging system provides closed door incubation and high throughput imaging, delivering accuracy through standardized digital image acquisition.

    Learn more

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    BD Kiestra™ IdentifA

    Powered by BD Synapsys™ informatics solution, the BD Kiestra™ IdentifA automates the preparation of a McFarland suspension for BD™ Bruker MALDI Biotyper® CA System identification, which may provide greater efficiency by reducing labor and processing errors.

    Learn more

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    References

    1. Croxatto A, Dijkstra K, Prod’hom G, Greub G. Comparison of Inoculation with the InoqulA and WASP Automated Systems with Manual Inoculation. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2015;53(7):2298-2307. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03076-14.
    2. Yue P, Zhou M, Zhang L, et al. Clinical Performance of BD Kiestra™ InoqulA Automated System in a Chinese Tertiary Hospital. Infect Drug Resist. 2020 Apr 1;13:941-947. DOI: 10.2147/IDR.S245173
    3. Graham M, Tilson L, Streitberg R, Hamblin J, Korman TM. Improved standardization and potential for shortened time to results with BD Kiestra™ Total Laboratory Automation of early urine cultures: A prospective comparison with manual processing. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016 Sep;86(1):1-4. DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.06.020.
    4. Iversen et al. Comparative evaluation of inoculation of urine samples with the Copan WASP and BD Kiestra™ InoqulA instruments. J Clin Microbiol. 2016;54(2):328-332. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01718-15
    5. Ledeboer N et al. The automated clinical microbiology laboratory: fact or fantasy? J Clin Microbiol. 2014;52(9):3140-3146. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00686-14.
    6. Thomson Rb, McElvania E. Total Laboratory Automation. Clin Lab Med. 2019;39(3):371-389. DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2019.05.002.

    Based on studies of urine cultures with selected organisms.

    **Comparison of the BD Kiestra™ InoqulA and the Copan WASP® Automated Systems with manual inoculation

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    Equip your lab to meet current and future needs with the modular, flexible, and scalable BD Kiestra™ Lab Automation Solutions