[Commentary] On June 23, Beijing’s first air membrane version of the “Fire Eye” nucleic acid testing laboratory, which looks like a tent, was officially opened at the Beijing Daxing Sports Center. These laboratories are mobile, automated, and high-throughput, which will help Beijing's inspection work.
[Commentary] The reporter saw that there are three "tents" in each group of laboratories. According to their functions, the three "tents" are provided with a sample receiving area, reagent preparation area, sample preparation area, and amplification area. The sample will be inactivated and data entered in the first gas membrane compartment; then the second gas membrane compartment will perform nucleic acid extraction; the last compartment will undergo the final test. Every 24 hours, Daxing's "Fire Eye" laboratory can issue 30,000 test reports, and this speed depends on automated nucleic acid extraction technology.
[Same period] Liu Xin, Chief Representative of North Region
In the nucleic acid extraction of our second warehouse, our domestic automated extraction equipment is used. This domestic automated extraction equipment, which is actually a pipette workstation we call, operates the entire experimental process through a robotic arm. We process these samples faster and more often. If this kind of extraction device is traditionally small, it takes about a dozen samples at the same time. We can do 192 samples at a time.
[Commentary] Liu Xin told reporters that the gas membrane laboratory and the traditional nucleic acid testing laboratory are designed in strict accordance with the standards of the secondary biosafety laboratory, and are not inferior to the traditional laboratory in terms of safety and working environment.
[Same period] Liu Xin, Chief Representative of North Region
Our laboratory is between different experimental partitions. It transfers our items through the transfer window. The transfer window is opened in one direction, which can ensure that the experimental areas are independent of each other and will not cause mutual influence. The temperature inside can be guaranteed, because it will not be particularly hot and can be equipped with air conditioning.
[Explanation] Liu Xin said that the construction of the gas membrane laboratory in the Daxing District took only 3 days. Compared with the traditional laboratory, the gas membrane laboratory is more suitable for the current epidemic situation and the detection pressure is greater.
[Same period] Liu Xin, Chief Representative of North Region
Under such occasions of our emergency, I can quickly build, and its space is abundant, which can really achieve our greater flux.
[Commentary] Liu Xin introduced that at present, the same gas membrane nucleic acid testing laboratory is also being built in Xicheng District, Beijing, which will be opened in the near future to further enhance Beijing’s nucleic acid testing capabilities.
Wen Mengxin reports from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]