China News Service, Hefei, April 24 (Reporter Zhang Qiang) The reporter learned from the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University on the 24th that Xu Xiang and Hu Wenjun of the laboratory department of the hospital followed Hefei, Anhui Province to support the Shanghai nucleic acid testing team. "For three weeks, they, known as "virus hunters", raced against time to conduct detection work and race against the virus.
Hefei City, Anhui Province supports members of the Shanghai nucleic acid testing team at work.
Photo courtesy of the First Affiliated Hospital of An Medical University
Xu Xiang introduced that a nucleic acid test includes reagent preparation in the first area, sample addition and extraction in the second area, spot amplification, and result analysis in the third area.
If you want to increase productivity and race against time, you can only speed up the progress as much as possible in the areas of sample addition, extraction and spot amplification.
However, this is also the closest place to the virus, where the risk is greatest.
Xu Xiang and Hu Wenjun chose the second district.
After a bumpy ride of about an hour every day, they arrived at the Fangcang Laboratory of Linkong Music Park in Changning District, Shanghai, and entered the laboratory fully armed to start work.
The members of the nucleic acid testing team in Hefei, Anhui Province, took a group photo in front of the laboratory.
Photo courtesy of the First Affiliated Hospital of An Medical University
"The amount of specimens is large and cannot be mixed up; time is tight, so hurry as possible." This is the main theme of Xu Xiang and Hu Wenjun's daily work.
In addition, most of the samples in the laboratory came from Fangcang cabin hospitals, with a high positive rate and high viral load. While being on high alert, the two did not forget to encourage each other. They have already practiced the skills of opening the lid of nucleic acid detection tubes with one hand.
Hu Wenjun said that due to the severe epidemic situation in Shanghai and the fact that there are many patients waiting to be discharged from the cabin hospital, the entire laboratory is racing against time except for meal time. It takes nearly 3 hours for a specimen to be tested from the start of the test to the completion of the report. You have to start all over again.
The laboratory space of the square cabin is quite small, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Basically, in about two hours, the face screen will start to blur, and you can only tilt your head to look at the specimen from a different angle.
Hu Wenjun is testing nucleic acid test samples.
Photo courtesy of the First Affiliated Hospital of An Medical University
Hu Wenjun said that Shanghai is the birthplace of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University.
"As 'An Medical Persons', returning to the land where the sages founded the school this time, we have a sense of responsibility and mission in our hearts. We will definitely live up to our entrustment and mission, and strive to win this epidemic prevention and control battle as soon as possible!" (Finish)