The Alpha Portal (TAP) offers a new perspective sample kit distribution: whether it’s for issuing direct-to-patient, or larger orders going to GPs or clinics. This new online portal gives the user greater control over sample logistics, and facilitates a traceable, efficient, and scalable solution.
TAP offers a range of benefits to help laboratories manage the ever-evolving demand for patient samples. With live stock updaters for bespoke and off-the-shelf product, lot and expiry information, print-ready proofs, and how-to guides, TAP is designed to ease the burden of laboratory logistics, by minimising the administration burden associated with patient sample collection.
• Samples are already extracted when received at the laboratory;
• Samples are stabilised in specialised buffer immediately;
• Frees up storage within the laboratory;
• Improved capacity and reduced turn-around-time.
TAP benefits many testing services, including the faecal immunochemical test (FIT), faecal calprotectin (fCAL), and blood collection kits.
The impact of TAP has been shown at NHS Tayside, where they implemented the service in November 2023. Lynne Taylor, Study Coordinator at NHS Tayside, spoke about her success with the portal, and the improvements it’s made to the service, “My workflow is greatly improved […] using the portal has released me to take on new tasks and responsibilities.”
The BÜHLMANN CALEX® Cap is designed to simplify sample handling and can be ordered through TAP. It provides convenient, hygienic, and safe sample collection for the patient and provides a quality, ready-extracted samples to the laboratory. IBDoc® kits can also be sent direct to patients.
Whatever sample collection kits you are distributing, TAP can support your laboratory by streamlining your administration and simplifying your logistics, freeing up valuable resource.
