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Show Biolabs, Inc. acquires automated blood analyzer To improve the quality of health care while controlling its cost, Biolabs, Inc. of Bountiful has acquired ac-quired the Abbott Spectrum, a highly automated laboratory blood analyzer. This analyzer simplifies test procedures, pro-cedures, increases laboratory productivity, pro-ductivity, and provides faster and more accurate results to patients. on a more timely basis," said Randy Ran-dy Lewis, co-owner and medical technologist for Biolabs, Inc. "The end result, in some cases, will be a shorter hospital stay for the patient.' "Society is demanding better health care at a more affordable cost," said Lewis. The entire array of tests commonly common-ly used by physicians to diagnose illness il-lness may be processed, including those for cholesterol, glucose, triglycerides and electrolytes. The system's advanced robotics make it possible to run up to 23 different tests on as many as 48 patient samples during a single cycle. "By cutting turn-around time for tests, the Abbott Spectrum will allow doctors to make their diagnosis diag-nosis faster and to begin treatments |