RE: Winter test : svp calm down with the mad ramping1 Sep 2020 18:11
Deas999.... The Company's first COVID-19 test was designed for professional, central laboratory use only. In this format, the components of the test are supplied in specific vials which laboratory staff are required to pipette, along with the patient sample, in precise volumes, into the reaction vessel. Whilst this is customary in clinical diagnostic laboratories, for decentralised near-patient testing (NPT) settings a more direct procedure is required...... Novacyt's objective is therefore to develop a system with a reduced number of workflow steps for NPT. The Company plans to use its expertise in PCR testing to coat and stabilise the essential biological components required for its COVID-19 test onto laboratory products, such as reaction tubes. As a result, the laboratory products will be "ready-to-use" on Novacyt's q16 and q32 portable instruments and will only require the addition of a small amount of patient sample to initiate the COVID-19 test.