CURRENT PROBLEMS OF AUTOMATION AND CENTRALIZATION OF MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
The article discusses the problem of automating the work of bacteriological laboratories. A special feature of working in such laboratories is an increased degree of biological safety. It is cost-effective to place automated bacteriological laboratories in the largest medical organizations. In this regard, the issue of transportation of biological samples and the use of high-quality transport nutrient media is quite acute. The positive and negative aspects of centralization of bacteriological laboratories are considered. A huge role here belongs to the transport and logistics system (a set of objects and subjects of transport and logistics infrastructure together with material, financial and information flows between them, performing the functions of transportation, distribution of biological material, as well as information and legal support of flows).