Thursday, June 02, 2005
Hi-Precision Diagnostics spends millions to expand
Hi-precision Diagnostics has launched a multimillion-peso expansion project, opening its sixth branch in the country close to its first branch in Cebu City.
Hi-Precision now serves patients at its new three-story facility on Llorente Street. Its first laboratory facility is along Osmeña Boulevard.
Euclid Po, general manager of Hi-Precision Diagnostics Cebu, said more than 100 people are employed by Hi-Precision Diagnostics Cebu.
The laboratory provides services like clinical microscopy, blood chemistry, bacteriology, hematology, ultrasound, ECG, histopathology, immunology, serology, treadmill and X-ray.
Po said the lab uses a high-end technology called Laboratory Information System that uses a barcoding system.
“Barcoding or automated specimen identification makes our matching of patient and specimen error-free and gives accurate specimen analysis because the process requires minimal human intervention,” he said.
“This is a technology used in First World countries like the United States. It’s more of our moral responsibility, and not much our profitability, that pushes us to provide this kind of service and make it affordable to many,” Po said.
The barcoded specimens are scanned and analyzed, and the results come out quickly because infrared readers can read hundreds of specimens at a single time.
In comparison, the traditional manual matching and analysis of specimens take more time and are error-prone because they depend on the medical techno-logist’s accuracy, focus and subjectivity. (ALC)
(June 2, 2005 issue)
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