The An Giang Central General Hospital in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has received approval to conduct tests for COVID-19 (Photo: bvag.com.vn)An Giang (VNA/VNS) -The Ministry of Health has permitted the An Giang Central General Hospital toconduct tests to diagnose COVID-19.
The hospital’s molecularbiology laboratory can do quick tests on blood samples and respiratory tractspecimens using the real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique toidentify the virus.
The technique reduces the timerequired to produce results, and saves the hospital the trouble of sendingsamples to the HCM City Pasteur Institute for testing.
It takes less than three and ahalf hours, and the hospital can do 400 tests in a day.
Knowing the importance of thistechnique for timely quarantining, the province People’s Committee instructedthe hospital to instal a RT-PCR system.
The system also helps diagnosehepatitis B and C and HIV.
It was installed in themolecular biology laboratory and meets biosafety level 2, which covers workwith pathogenic and infectious organisms that pose a moderate hazard.Self-closing lockable doors and bio-hazard warning signs are mandatory at allaccess points to the lab. There are four levels of bio-safety.
The HCM City Pasteur Institutetrained the hospital staff in conducting SARS-CoV-2 tests.
The hospital also installed anextracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine which adds oxygen topatients’ blood and pumps it through their body just like the heart. It is anadvanced technique in emergency aid and recovery for patients with severerespiratory failure who are unable to use the ventilator.
As of April 9, An Giang has hadthree COVID-19 patients, one of whom has been discharged from hospital. Theother two are being treated.
The provincial-level policehave been assigned to work with police departments in communes and towns tovisit each household, especially those with people who had to be in quarantine,and inquire about their health status.
They also collaborate withborder guards to patrol the border with Cambodia, which has seen a rise inCOVID-19 incidence.
As of April 10, the country had39 facilities that are permitted to do SARS-CoV-2 tests./.
The hospital’s molecularbiology laboratory can do quick tests on blood samples and respiratory tractspecimens using the real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique toidentify the virus.
The technique reduces the timerequired to produce results, and saves the hospital the trouble of sendingsamples to the HCM City Pasteur Institute for testing.
It takes less than three and ahalf hours, and the hospital can do 400 tests in a day.
Knowing the importance of thistechnique for timely quarantining, the province People’s Committee instructedthe hospital to instal a RT-PCR system.
The system also helps diagnosehepatitis B and C and HIV.
It was installed in themolecular biology laboratory and meets biosafety level 2, which covers workwith pathogenic and infectious organisms that pose a moderate hazard.Self-closing lockable doors and bio-hazard warning signs are mandatory at allaccess points to the lab. There are four levels of bio-safety.
The HCM City Pasteur Institutetrained the hospital staff in conducting SARS-CoV-2 tests.
The hospital also installed anextracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine which adds oxygen topatients’ blood and pumps it through their body just like the heart. It is anadvanced technique in emergency aid and recovery for patients with severerespiratory failure who are unable to use the ventilator.
As of April 9, An Giang has hadthree COVID-19 patients, one of whom has been discharged from hospital. Theother two are being treated.
The provincial-level policehave been assigned to work with police departments in communes and towns tovisit each household, especially those with people who had to be in quarantine,and inquire about their health status.
They also collaborate withborder guards to patrol the border with Cambodia, which has seen a rise inCOVID-19 incidence.
As of April 10, the country had39 facilities that are permitted to do SARS-CoV-2 tests./.
VNA
