The head of the testing center “National Center of Expertise” in the Kostanay region F. Sazymbaeva spoke about the work that experts from the examination center are carrying out today around the clock
Начальник испытательного центра  «Национальный центр экспертизы» по Костанайской области Ф.Сазымбаева рассказала о работе, которую сегодня круглосуточно проводят специалисты центра экспертизы 02.04.2020

The virology laboratory of the regional department of the branch conducts research on COVID-19, where the result is already known within 4-5 hours. The material is collected by medical workers of treatment and preventive organizations.

Specially created working groups of qualified doctors and specialists are working in the laboratory around the clock, conducting research on material from people who have been tested for coronavirus infection. They conduct from 70 to 120 studies per day.

The laboratory is equipped with modern PCR (polymerase chain reaction) equipment: Rotor-Gene 6000 amplifier, laminar flow cabinets, thermostats, centrifuges, VORTEX mixers.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the virology laboratory was strengthened by external specialists - virologists and microbiologists from the Kostanay Regional Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS, doctors and specialists from the sanitary-epidemiological service of the laboratory of especially dangerous infections and the bacteriological laboratory of the regional department.

In order to confirm the results of the research carried out according to the algorithm, the branch specialists send samples of biomaterial to the reference laboratory of the branch of the National Center of Expertise in the North Kazakhstan region. All samples sent by Kostanay workers were confirmed.

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