The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare surveyed about 1,200 testing facilities nationwide to see if the PCR test for the new coronavirus was performed correctly, and summarized the survey results that it was good as a whole.
This survey was commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to a group such as Tokai University, and 1191 facilities nationwide, including hospitals and clinics conducting PCR tests for the new corona, and sanitary laboratories, participated. ..
In the survey, we sent 6 types of samples, which had their contents obscured by changing the concentration of the virus, to each facility, and investigated whether they could be judged correctly by PCR.
As a result, the correct answer rate was 93% to 99.4% on average for each sample, which was good overall.
However, more than 80% of sanitary inspection laboratories prepared "measurement standard work manuals" that stipulate inspection procedures that the government requires to prepare in order to maintain inspection accuracy, while 65.0% at hospitals. , 24.4% in clinics, which tended to be low in medical institutions.
Professor Emeritus of Tokai University who surveyed, Hayato Miyaji, Vice President of Nitobe Bunka Junior College, said, "I think medical institutions are busy with medical treatment, but in order to prevent inspection mistakes, we thoroughly prepare standard work manuals and educate inspection staff. I want you to do it. "