Super-automated Mega Lab

Laboratory Department Manager: Dr. Ram Doolman

Deputy Laboratory Manager:
Dr. Alexander Visokovski

Phone: 03-5305914

Email: Alex.Visokovski@sheba.health.gov.il

Secretary: Ilana Gur

Phone: 03-5302253

Fax: 03-5308160

Contact:

Phone Numbers: 03-5302747, 03-5302100

Email: MegaLab@sheba.health.gov.il

Location:

Laboratory Department Building,
Entrance floor

Directions to Sheba

The mega-lab laboratory offers round-the-clock execution of both urgent and routine tests on blood and other body fluids, utilizing state-of-the-art automated equipment.

The mega-lab holds certification for most of its activities from the Laboratory Accreditation Authority, in accordance with the ISO-15189 standard for medical laboratories. Certification tests are a prerequisite for clinical studies, and therefore there is an extensive research partnership between the mega-lab and researchers at Sheba, other medical centers, academic institutions, and biotech companies. You can find a comprehensive list of laboratory tests in the "Laboratory Tests Book". It includes details on sampling and shipping conditions, execution methods, and certification status.

The mega-lab is designed to deliver a comprehensive and innovative solution for optimizing work processes in the laboratory wing and beyond - aiming to enhance service, improve quality, bolster safety, and drive cost reduction.

Streamlining processes and increasing productivity

Convergence of diverse laboratory disciplines within an open work environment, unified by a common technological foundation enables the execution of a wide range of laboratory tests across multiple disciplines, all within a single test tube.
Convergence of pre-analytical processes reduces the overall scope of work both in receiving the sample in the laboratory and the automatic handling of preparing the test tubes for measurement.
Computerized ordering of laboratory tests at the client's site using a dedicated software module for ordering tests from a remote site.
Centralized admission of all samples in the pre-analytical zone, independent of the final testing site, and full central pre-analytical treatment of these samples including centrifugation, splitting, sorting and shipping.
One admission covers a single subject, irrespective of the number of tests conducted or required for a patient at any given time.
Seamless integration across all components of the analytical system, using dedicated computer software to optimize the testing process at any given moment.
Automatic validation of most laboratory results.
Convergence of all distribution channels of results into a single integrated unit.
Reducing logistical burdens involving the transportation of samples and disposal.

Improving Service

Performing a comprehensive panel of routine tests on the patient promptly upon admission, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week..
Reducing the turnaround time (TAT) of the laboratory for all subjects, with a particular focus on urgent, life-saving tests (STAT).
Reducing the frequency of blood samples taken from hospitalized patients through an add-on mechanism that allows the addition of tests as needed, retrieving blood samples from storage and performing the additional tests.

Improving Quality

Automation ensures the consistency of the inspection process across its various stages, with continuous supervision and control using dedicated computer software, thereby minimizing the possibility of human error.
Strict adherence to testing protocols, with maximum process automation of the process.
Compliance with timetables (TAT) for test execution.
Approval of laboratory results based on a defined and computerized algorithm that incorporates Westgard multirules, delta check, and flags of devices, as well as normal/pathological/life-threatening value ranges.
Maintaining a consistent level of quality determined by Megalab management, both in the professional and operational domains, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Handling the biological sample under optimal conditions, including performing the test very close to the time it was taken from the subject; cold storage immediately upon completion of tests; computerized control of the expiration of the biological sample in relation to each of the individual analytes tested.

Improving Safety

Creating conditions for a general decrease in the number of test tubes sent to the laboratory.
Creating conditions for a decrease in the amount of biological waste cleared from the laboratories.
Reduced interaction between operators and the biological sample.

Reducing Costs

Saving human resources.
Preventing human errors.
Achieving cost savings in total equipment by minimizing the quantity of laboratory equipment and maximizing the utilization of existing equipment linked to an automation line.
Savings in current operating costs (consumable equipment, reagents, biological waste disposal means, etc.).
Increasing outputs based on the existing system without increasing inputs and without changing the concept, operating theory, and daily routine.