[Explanation] Recently, with the rebound of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in some parts of the country, the workload of nucleic acid testing in major medical institutions has surged.
On November 10, a long queue was lined up outside the temporary sampling site for nucleic acid testing at Chengdu Women and Children's Central Hospital, and the staff were speeding up the transfer of the collected specimens to the laboratory.
Chengdu residents who lined up at the scene said that due to the recent outbreak of the local epidemic in Chengdu, the nucleic acid negative certificate has become a necessary pass for life and work, and they are very anxious waiting for the nucleic acid test results.
[Concurrent] Ms. Zhang, a citizen of Chengdu
I need to be hospitalized (nucleic acid test).
You need to hurry up and get the report as soon as possible tomorrow.
Because I also go to work, if this time delay is too long, it is not convenient to ask for leave.
[Explanation] Luo Mengjun, deputy director of the Laboratory Department of Chengdu Women and Children's Central Hospital, said that nucleic acid testing usually takes 24 hours from sampling to the results. As the number of people doing nucleic acid testing increases, the test results are lagging in the input and upload of information. The time for issuance of the report is slightly delayed compared to the previous time when there was no local epidemic.
[Concurrent] Luo Mengjun, Deputy Director, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chengdu Women and Children's Central Hospital
In view of the current epidemic situation in Chengdu, the number of specimens in the laboratory has more than doubled.
We have given full consideration to personnel arrangements. Everyone is working overtime to complete the nucleic acid test for the "should be checked" population.
So please rest assured that the general public, we will issue a nucleic acid test report as soon as possible.
[Explanation] Behind a nucleic acid test report, apart from the nucleic acid sampling that seems to take only a few seconds, what steps need to be gone through?
[Concurrent] Luo Mengjun, Deputy Director, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chengdu Women and Children's Central Hospital
Nucleic acid detection is a relatively complicated process. It has at least six steps, namely sampling, transport to the laboratory, then the laboratory signs for receipt and information entry, then nucleic acid extraction, then on-board testing, and finally issuance of results.
Nucleic acid detection is a purely manual process, under normal circumstances we will collect more than 90 specimens (after) together to do it, so it is a very time-consuming detection process.
[Explanation] From the collection, transfer, signing and entry of specimens, all rely on manual entry of information into the system, will there be a "wrong account" situation in this way?
[Concurrent] Luo Mengjun, Deputy Director, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chengdu Women and Children's Central Hospital
Don’t worry about the wrong information.
From the beginning of the collection of specimens, the patient’s information is the identification of the ID card, and a barcode is printed. When sampling, the information is checked first. After that, the barcode is pasted on the corresponding specimen tube, and then sent to our laboratory.
Our laboratory will also scan this barcode, and then his information is one-to-one correspondence, so don't worry about it at all.
Chen Xuanbin reports from Chengdu
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]