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Now coagulation diagnostics, i.e. of blood coagulation system tests, faces the problem of reliable, unambiguous results.

- Insufficient standardisation is the main problem which results in the incomparability of results between different analysers and systems - says Magdalena Szczypka - clinical marketing manager at Werfen Polska. - Even if we test the same patient samples, the results will differ significantly on different systems  only because different laboratories have different restrictions on the haemolysis assessment in a sample. However, there are many more factors.

The HemoHub diagnostic software, developed by Werfen, is the answer to this problem -  the software makes it possible to control blood tests, perform detailed coagulation analysis, and catalogue the results. A laboratory that uses HemoHub may create a kind of "patient card", where each department, regardless of place and time, will have access to the history of the results and the possibility of detailed analysis. The most important element of HemoHub is that it can be standardised -  the software, with its proprietary algorithms, compares the results of individual analysers and determines whether the results are correct and helps to obtain a consistent diagnosis. The assumption is that every diagnostician has all the necessary tools for proper examination at hand.

Despite the impressive assumptions related to blood testing automation, the diagnostic industry still has reservations related to the fact that the blood test requires looking at the results with a specialist eye. Thus delegating all the work to the machine may end up with incorrect validation. The Werfen company explains that the software has the ability to introduce automatic validation, but its rules are set by diagnosticians.

 - If we have a group of outpatients requiring periodic examinations, there is no need to look at every single result and automation would significantly speed up the process and allow for more efficient examination of a larger number of patients - explains Magdalena Szczypka from Werfen Polska.

The software is a part of the system offered by Werfen, with S-FLEX series of analysers. Not only can the machine test samples, but also sort them according to the needs of the laboratory, e.g. for routine and specialist tests. The analyser can also recognise and mark incorrect samples. As the company assures, all a diagnostician has to do is put a sample into the analyser.