Tuesday, June 23, 2020

MOBILE LAB ACCESS TO TESTING




 MOBILE LAB TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO TESTING 


Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched the country’s first mobile I-lab (Infections disease diagnostic lab)

Lab will be deployed in interior, inaccessible parts of the country and has the capability to perform 25 RT-PCR tests a day, 300 ELISA tests a day and additional tests for TB, HIV as per CGHS (Central Government Health Scheme) rates

The Infectious Disease Diagnostic Lab (I-LAB) is supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, under the COVID Command strategy, the Health Ministry said

The National Research Development Corporation (NRCD) has licensed the manufacturing know – how of a PPE (personal protective equipment) suit named “NavRakshak” to five MSME clients 

Manufacturing know – how of NavRakshak was developed at the innovation Cell of the Institute of Naval Medicine, INHS Asvini Hospital (Mumbai) of the Navy, from where the name was derived, it stated

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