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Virtuoso Vial Identification System

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Is this how you label your samples?
Probably not…

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Or is this how you label your vial?
Hopefully so!

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How Important is Vial Labeling
“We’ve done some pretty clever things in the lab to minimize
sequencing errors, but this one still keeps me up at night. I’ve
asked everyone in the industry that I meet and all of our new
hires if they have any ideas and so far no one has offered
more than what we are currently doing.”
- CEO of a large environmental lab in US

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The ideal labeling scenario
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Vial Identification Workflow – 30,000ft
Vial
Sample
Marked Vial
Cap/Closure
Experiment
Type
Mark
Vial
Close
Vial
Storage Tray,
in a position
Autosampler
Determine and Enter Instrument
Sequence Data
Analysis
Add
Sample
Temp storage
Load
Sample Set
# - Individual
Identity
Marking Detail
Disposal
Long Term
Storage
UnLoad
Reference Data

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Situational Analysis
• Vial labeling manual & error prone
• Vial labeling is “expensive”, from the rework perspective
• Vial labeling has “no good” solution yet, and existing
solutions tend to be ad hoc
• Vial labeling is often ignored and is often abdicated to
the instrument autosampler sequence
• Rather than value add, it’s necessary evil
• Vial labeling is temporary & fragile
• Vial labeling is not automated or considered as part
workflow efficiency improvements
• Vial labeling detail is compromised by the methods used
for marking
• Vial labeling tends to be user specific “coding” & not
universal throughout a laboratory
• Vial labeling depends on human resources

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What vial labeling has become
• The manual nature of vial labeling, as it currently exists in
most laboratories, is error prone, time-consuming and does
not add value to the work flow

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Research tells us
• The average time it takes to manually label (handwritten or
paper label) is 39 seconds
• The average wage for a laboratory analyst is $29/hr
• A typical laboratory will label 80 vials per day
• Over 92 hours a year labeling vial
• Over $6,250 in labor spent vial labels
• It’s a BIG issue

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The most prevalent way to label a vial

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Virtuoso Vial Identification System

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What is Virtuoso?
First of its kind vial identification system, that removes manual
vial labeling errors , automates vial labeling, creates
completely customizable vial identification, and dramatically
increases sample throughput, up to 8X.

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Virtuoso – What does it do?

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Virtuoso Benefits
• Facilitates Labeling Requirements
• Fully loaded with standard or fully user-defined templates
• Increases Productivity- Eliminate error-prone manual vial
labeling
• Label a vial in just 5 seconds
• Improve labeling efficiencies by downloading sample lists
• Simplify vial sample identification
• Produces High-Quality Labeling
• Resists common laboratory solvents, blurring, and smudging
• Provides an Advanced Labeling and information System in
One Device
• Designed by experienced analytical scientists

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Virtuoso - No smudge, no smear, no question
Thermo Scientific Virtuoso Vial Identification
System
• Create customizable vial identification directly on
vial
• Increase vial labelling through-put up to 8 times
• Improves confidence in data by removing
labelling errors

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Q & A