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| On the afternoon of April 3, Nghe An began Covid-19 testing at Nghe An Oncology Hospital. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
On the morning of April 4, Dr. Pham Vinh Hung - Deputy Director of Nghe An Oncology Hospital said: Under the direction of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Nghe An province, Nghe An Department of Health, the Hospital has coordinated with Nghe An Provincial Center for Disease Control to officially deploy SARS-CoV-2 virus testing right at the unit.
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| After running the test machine on 10 samples and getting good results, Nghe An Oncology Hospital continued to run tests on 80 samples. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
At 2:00 p.m. on April 3, the Department of Pathology and Molecular Biology of the Hospital began running the testing system on the first 10 samples and obtained good results. After that, the Department continued to run the testing system on 80 more samples. By 2:00 a.m. on April 4, 90/90 samples were negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus... |
| By 2 a.m. on April 4, 90/90 samples tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 virus. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
At 8:40 a.m. on April 4, the Department of Pathology and Molecular Biology was conducting further testing on 40 specimens. By noon on April 4, 31/31 specimens tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 Virus - said Dr. Pham Vinh Hung. |
| On the morning of April 4, the Hospital continued to test 40 specimens. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
According to Dr. Tran Duc Hung, Head of the Department of Pathology and Molecular Biology, Nghe An Oncology Hospital: The department's testing machine is the Applied Biosystem (ABI) 7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR instrument - the top machine for Covid-19 testing according to Decision 1282/QD-BYT dated March 21, 2020 of the Ministry of Health on "Temporary instructions for Covid-19 testing". |
| Currently, the testing machine of Nghe An Oncology Hospital is the leading type in Covid-19 testing. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
The machine can test 90 samples at a time, and it takes 96 minutes to run the machine. The maximum capacity of the machine can test 270 samples per day. However, the machine's testing capacity is largely dependent on the sample extraction problem currently handled by the Nghe An Center for Disease Control.
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| The machine's capacity allows testing of 270 specimens per day. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
The testing process being carried out is: The Provincial Center for Disease Control collects samples from cases, then sends them to the extraction unit. After extraction, the samples will be sent to the Department of Pathology and Molecular Biology of the Oncology Hospital to mix chemicals, install the program and run the testing machine. |
| However, the actual capacity of the laboratory at Nghe An Oncology Hospital is largely dependent on the sample extraction process. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
The deployment of an additional testing room at the Oncology Hospital will help Nghe An solve the difficult problem in testing, helping to better monitor and prevent Covid-19 - Dr. Nguyen Van Dinh - Director of Nghe An Center for Disease Control affirmed.
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| The deployment of a new Covid-19 testing room will help Nghe An do a better job of preventing and fighting this dangerous epidemic. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
Up to now, the Nghe An Provincial Center for Disease Control has collected over 250 samples of patients who have visited and cared for their relatives at Bach Mai Hospital. The samples that have been collected and those that are being collected will be processed by the center and sent for testing at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Nghe An Oncology Hospital and at the unit./.
