The Swift Transition to Automation in South Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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What’s in the Case Study

In this Case Study, the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) Laboratory at Tambo Memorial Hospital in Boksburg, South Africa, describes how they set up a flexible, easy-to-use, high-throughput automated workflow for qPCR-based SARS-CoV-2 testing, using Hamilton (Assay-Ready) Workstations.

Highlights of this Case Study:

  • NHLS COVID-19 Testing Strategy in South Africa
  • Description of the automated SARS-CoV-2 testing and its benefits
  • Beyond testing: SARS-CoV-2 surveillance via NGS sequencing

Read the full Case Study to learn more.