On February 18, the Wuxi New Coronavirus Nucleic Acid Testing Base was opened in the Second Hospital of Wuxi City, and the first batch of samples of more than 12,000 tubes were sent to the laboratory one after another, and the staff rushed into the "battle". At this point, the nucleic acid detection of the new crown virus in Wuxi has added "hard core strength".
It is reported that the base was completed in July 2021 and has always existed as a nucleic acid testing reserve in Wuxi City, always preparing for epidemic prevention and control. During the epidemic in Wuxi, the base quickly "put on the battlefield" from the state of readiness. The base is divided into specimen signing place, specimen receiving room, sample preparation area, reagent preparation area, etc. in strict accordance with the nucleic acid testing process, equipped with the most advanced testing equipment, including 19 nucleic acid detectors, 8 nucleic acid extraction instruments, more than 40 personnel with nucleic acid detection qualifications, and a daily testing volume of 120,000 person-times.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Wuxi Municipal Health Commission, the amount of nucleic acid detection in the Wuxi epidemic is very large, as of 12:00 on February 18, the city has completed the nucleic acid sampling of relevant personnel 1.025 million people, and the results have been 846,000. In addition to the normalized testing of various medical institutions and laboratories, the city's 4 permanent new coronavirus nucleic acid testing bases, including the Second Hospital, were also put into use at the first time, coupled with the rapid deployment of fangcang, "FireEye" laboratory, etc., Wuxi nucleic acid testing capacity has been greatly improved, can quickly meet the requirements of millions of nucleic acid testing.
Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Ji Nana
Proofread by Xu Heng
Source: Purple Cow News