Medical Learning Hub (MLH) welcomes you to live clinical experience sharing on Testing Times during COVID-19 – Laboratory view
Module 1: Preparation & Roll out of testing. Dr. Bansidhar Tarai (12:00)
• Lab positivity trends discussed
• Covid-19 RT PCR volumes and trends during months discussed
• The manpower equipment and infrastructure’s amendments from the month of March to December explained
• Initiate /Expand /Sustain the growing demand and measures taken for the same at the organization described in detail
• The forms and paperwork required by governing bodies explained for reporting of cases
Module 2: Accreditation & Ram up of testing. Dr. Arpeeta Mazumdar (32:25)
• A bird’s eye view of pandemic explained in India
• Explained the process of initiation of SOP/ Infrastructure /storage /data handling/testing kits knowledge described
• Described the journey and process to get NABL accreditation (Virtual NABL accreditation)
• The infrastructure established for testing described
• phase 1 explained depending on the number of tests done in a day and Ramping up during phase 2 and 3 described
• The measures undertaken to increase manpower, equipment, and infrastructure during phases explained
• Test track and treat motto of the lab explained
Module 3: One size does not fit all – Prof. Ashok Rattan (56:45)
• Explained general terminology SARS CoV2 and COVID-19
• Sequence and genome of COVID-19 virus discussed
• The reason for the high infectivity of the SARS CoV 2 virus discussed
• Time course of diagnostic test discussed
• Attributes of lab test explained with the concept of sensitivity and sensitivity of tests
• Pre-test possibility and PARIS Score explained
• Types of Samples collected for RT-PCR explained and discussed
• LAMP test explained with the methodology
• Rapid antigen test algorithm explained and when to take the test explained
• How long is the patient infectious? explained in detail
Module 4: Question-Answer session (1:22:51)
We thank our sponsors Viatris to make this program possible and we wish you a great learning experience.
