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Oswego Health is using new molecular lab equipment

Jill Gilbert, microbiology supervisor at Oswego Hospital, working with the cobas 5800 system.

Deploys the cobas 5800 system OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health on Sept. 6 announced its purchase of the cobas 5800 system, which it describes as a fully automated molecular laboratory instrument. It offers a flexible PCR testing product to enable “accurate and reliable” diagnosis of infectious diseases, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, COVID-19, and HPV testing, Oswego Health […]

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Deploys the cobas 5800 system

OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health on Sept. 6 announced its purchase of the cobas 5800 system, which it describes as a fully automated molecular laboratory instrument.

It offers a flexible PCR testing product to enable “accurate and reliable” diagnosis of infectious diseases, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, COVID-19, and HPV testing, Oswego Health said in its announcement.

The system is built to offer a fully automated workflow and offers an expanded onboard capacity, allowing labs to test multiple assays simultaneously. It takes about 2.5 hours to produce the first 24 results. With 24 more results ready every 60 minutes thereafter, cobas 5800 has the capability of delivering up to 144 results in eight hours.

Oswego Health says it’s the fourth health-care system in the country to buy the cobas 5800 System. It didn’t disclose the purchase price.

Eric Reinhardt