| abstract |
The invetion relates to a method of operating an automated analytical system comprising the steps of identifying interactions between steps in a random access system, allowing for random access processing, randomly inserting and removing pipetting steps from a prescheduled timeline, and continuing operations of scheduling of events while performing analytical steps. The interactions are cross-contamination of liquid test samples or reagents within an analytical system for the analysis of test samples, and the random inserting and removing pipetting steps from a prescheduled timeline comprises the steps of inserting and removing pipetting steps from a processing timeline while maintaining control over cross-contamination. |