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April 23, 2021 21:02 IST
CSIR institute offers to train staff on its dry swab RT-PCR tests, which is less hazardous to transport and quicker to generate results
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CSIR institute offers to train staff on its dry swab RT-PCR tests, which is less hazardous to transport and quicker to generate results
CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) has offered to provide necessary technical know how and training to the healthcare personnel in handling the dry swab RT-PCR testing or ‘DArRT-PCR’ for COVID-19 on Friday.
Director Rakesh Mishra informed that the dry swab test is extremely useful, particularly in the current pandemic surge when there is a need for increasing the number of testing. It has been developed in-house last year and has been tested extensively across various labs as well as hospitals in the last few months and is awaiting regulatory clearances.
ICMR clears decks for more dry swab coronavirus tests
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Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday issued a second advisory regarding using the RNA extraction free dry swab method for the RT-PCR-based detection of SARS-CoV-2 developed by CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), thereby clearing the path for more usage of this faster testing method.
The development comes in the wake of the current surge of cases in the pandemic. The dry swab method will save time and reduce cost as compared to the standard PCR test using Viral Transport Medium (VTM) and RNA extraction. This would help in increasing the testing “three fold with existing resources” and since it is as good as the standard test, according to senior scientists.