UPMC Chautauqua Adds $1.5 Million Lab Automation System
9/13/2026 4:46:33 PM
By Greg Larson, News Director
UPMC Chautauqua has a new piece of technology designed to more quickly evaluate and categorize blood, urine and other specimens in its laboratory facility. The hospital recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its DxA 5000 total lab automation system. Hospital President Tracy Gates says it almost resembles an assembly line, but adds that it represents a major upgrade the community needs...
Tracy Gates: a $1.5 million investment
Elaine Morrison, UPMC's Administrative Director of Laboratory Services, says the new system will allow for faster, and more efficient lab results for both doctors and their patients...
Elaine Morrison: about the system
UPMC Chautauqua Medical Director Dr. William Geary says the changes will bring "greater safety, efficiency, and overall better service" to the entire region...
William Geary: quicker and more accurate information
Geary and Morrison say the hospital processes approximately 50,000 specimens per month -- not just for UPMC Chautauqua, but several other facilities in Western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania.
