ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2021
The Experience of the Fight Against COVID-19 in Clinical Laboratory Departments from Chengdu, China.
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- Strengthening patient safety through biosafety and infection prevention measures during COVID-19: a policy and practice review.Frontiers in health services · 2026Review
- Improving the detection capability and efficiency of SARS-CoV-2 RNA specimens by the specimen turn-around process with multi-department cooperation.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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objectiveIn order to fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) better and to share our experience as a reference for clinical laboratory departments.
methodsThis was a retrospective study conducted in the clinical laboratory department of Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital in Chengdu, China, from April 2020 to January 2021. The number of nucleic acid and antibody testing specimens of suspected COVID-19 cases was analyzed. The key points of suspected-case sample processing and detection in the clinical laboratory department were summarized. The laboratory was directly involved in the sample processing and testing of suspected cases, the release of reports, and the transfer of specimens to the fever clinic.
resultsThe number of COVID-19 nucleic acid test specimens in our laboratory ranged from 102 to 2170 per day, and the number of antibody test specimens ranged from 24 to 391 per day. There were four main considerations in the treatment and detection of suspected-case specimens in the clinical laboratory: biosafety management in clinical laboratory departments, measures to ensure the health of the staff, the eight time points for processing suspected-case samples (turn-around time), and key points for the detection of suspected case specimens.
conclusionThe laboratory developed a protective process for COVID-19 antibody and nucleic acid detection during the pandemic. At present, the detection of COVID-19 antibodies and nucleic acids in the clinical laboratory department is orderly, and there have been no cases of laboratory infection.
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