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Frst MedicalLaboratoryMarieBuchmann,Medicaldirector,MD,PhD

Shorthistory 1950founded bydr.ValentinFrst 1998AllergenLab acquisition 2004merger SandefjordKKL 2010Unilabs biochemistry Norwayacquisition 2011establishing microbiology 2013LaboratoriumforPatologiacquisition

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Staff Intotalapprox.350employees 130technologists andassistentsworking with samplepreparationandanalyses

ITspecialists,administrativestaff,marketing,phlebotomists,officestaff,customer support,HR

Physicians (trained inbiochemistry,microbiology,pharmacology andpathology)

Factsabout Frst andaccreditation

Accredited asthe firstNorwegianmedicallaboratoryJune1995after NSEN45001

NSENISO/IEC17025Oct.2001 NSENISO/IEC15189Oct.2011 Working onISO14001 Inspection every year bythe nationalaccreditation body,NorskAkkreditering

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Morefacts about Frst XXDoctors mostly fromprimary care Electronicrequest fromappr.70% Electronicreporting of results toEPJ OnlinesupporttoMDsandstaff

Bloodsampling

Eight phlebotomy stations 4inOslo Appr.120.000patients in2013 Accreditation in1996

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Largest medical laboratory inthe Nordiccountries

Continous focus on effectivisation

Processes

Automation

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Samplereception

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VitaminDautomation

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Morefacts about Frst 2

Testingservicewithin Clinical chemistry Hematology Endocrinology Immunology (inkl.allergology,autoimmune diseases) Pharmacology (TDM,drugs of abuse) Microbiology

Pathology

Samplematrix

Urine samples Medicaluse anddrugs of abuse

Bloodsamples Pathology

Cytology Histology

Microbiology Cultures,molecular biology,antibodytesting

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ResearchandDevelopment

Frst NAT Researchactivities mainly within veneric microbiology incollaboration withUniversity of Oslo

Inhousemethod development Chromatography andmass spectrometry

Inhousemethod development Masterstudentinconvergence chromatography MS

ICPMS(inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) Inhousemethod development Researchcollaboration with University of Oslo

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Why doFrst collaborate withPreDiagnostics?

Important field of medicine with no available testinperipheral blood Apotential new market opportunity Innovativetestbased on science fromarecognized research group atUiO

We haveapossibility tocontribute tothe development through ourlongtimeskillsinpreanalytical sampleprosessing