OSWEGO HEALTH IS A FULL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT SERVICES ALL THE COUNTY, AND WE HAVE TWO URGENT CARES IN THE HOSPITAL HERE IN OUR LAB SERVICES THE WHOLE COUNTY.

>> THE COBAS 5800 IS OUR NEWEST ANALYZER THAT WE USE TO TEST COVID AND GONORRHEA AND CHLAMYDIA.

THOSE ARE THE TWO TESTS WE ARE RUNNING ON IT.

IT HAS THE CAPABILITY TO DO MORE TESTING BUT AT THIS POINT WE ARE JUST RUNNING THOSE TWO.

IT'S REALLY MUCH SIMPLER THAN PREVIOUS METHODS.

SO THE SPECIMEN COMES IN.

WE PUT A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE LIQUID IN A TUBE.

WE LABEL IT.

YOU PUT IT IN A RACK THAT SLIDES INTO THE MACHINE.

IT READS THE LABEL.

IT KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

THE PROCESS HAPPENS IN TWO AND A HALF HOURS AND THE RESULTS COME UP ON THE SCREEN.

WE SEND THEM OVER TO THE COMPUTER.

THAT'S IT.

THE PREVIOUS VERSION YOU HAD TO PUT THE SPECIMENS ON ONE PART AND THEN WHEN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD WAS UP, YOU HAD TO TAKE THEM OFF AND MANUALLY TAKE THEM TO THE OTHER PART AND PUT THEM ON.

THIS IS ALL IN ONE ANALYZING.

WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN, IT STAYS THIS THERE AND GOES THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS UNTIL FINISHED.

IT'S A LOT FASTER THAN THE PREVIOUS ANALYZERS WE USED TO USE.

IT USED TO TAKE ME FIVE HOURS TO PUT OUT A COVID RESULT, NOW CAN I DO IT IN TWO AND A HALF HOURS AND AT THE SAME TIME.

>> WE HAVE SEEN LATELY A SHORTAGE IN PLACE SO WE ARE TRYING TO REFINE OUR PROCESSES AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO MORE WITH LESS.

THE COBAS 5800 IS CAPABLE OF DOING.

WE ARE ABLE TO RESULT 144 SAMPLES.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE ONLY RUNNING THE COBAS 5800 ON THE DAY SHIFT, BUT ONCE WE GET ROLLING, IF WE GET INCREASE IN WORK LOAD, IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 547 RESULTS IN A DAY.

THE INSTRUMENTth WAS ABOUT $200,000 AND REAGENTS COST US APPROXIMATELY $100 EACH YEAR.

BECAUSE-- $100,000 EACH YEAR.

BECAUSE OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE 5800, THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR US AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE WORKED FOR MONTHS TRYING TO NEGOTIATE AND GET PRICING AND WORK TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF THE ANALYZER.

THE 5800, I LIKE TO REFER TO IT AS THE BABY SISTER.

IT'S SMALL AND IT'S COMPACT AND GOOD FOR THE SIZE OF OUR LABORATORY.

THE OTHER TWO, THE 6800 AND 8800 WERE LARGE INSTRUMENTS THAT NEVER WOULD HAVE FIT INTO OUR LAB.

I HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED HERE FOR 35 YEARS.

TECHNOLOGY DEFICIT IT IN GENERALLY HIVE DEFINITELY HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS IN THE LABORATORY.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RESULTS IN A TIMELY FASHION AND QUALITY RESULTS.