To expand rapid, onsite COVID-19 confirmatory testing for symptomatic people who test
negative to rapid antigen tests, and facilitate tuberculosis screening of people with COVID-19
symptoms, FIND and IHF are deploying five Truenat™ machines at select MCGM-run hospitals
in Mumbai
LUCKNOW: In what may be seen as a silver lining to a dark cloud, the Covid-19 pandemic has helped create a robust infrastructure for TB testing. More than 200 sites for TB testing through Truenat method
Read moreThe objectives of the study were to validate the performance of Truenat Beta CoV and Truenat SARS-CoV-2 PoC assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infected cases with reference to analytical sensitivity, precision/inter-machine variation, clinical sensitivity and clinical specificity.
Truelab, described as laboratory-in-a-suitcase technology has been repurposed to detect SARS-CoV-2 virus
A similar approach was used in India to augment testing for COVID-19 in underserved areas and health-care facilities. A combination of different tests and testing platforms has been used to augment capacity to 1·2 million tests per day, as of Sept 25, 2020. Indigenous portable Truelab (Molbio Diagnostics, India) workstations, previously used and recommended by WHO for tuberculosis
The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in Andhra Pradesh, India, introduced TrueNat™ MTB/Rif, a rapid molecular test for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and rifampicin (RIF) resistance at 193 TB units (TUs) in October 2018. We evaluated its impact on TB diagnosis and assessed the operational feasibility of its deployment at point-of-care (POC) settings.
Read moreTrueNat, a portable medical device that was originally designed to detect tuberculosis (TB), was recently used to test 26,000 people across Maharashtra for Covid-19. Of this number, almost 20% tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Srinagar: For faster testing of patients, especially pregnant women, and those requiring emergency surgeries, the J&K government has procured seven TrueNat machines that can test COVID-19 samples in an hour.
A few weeks ago, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) approved the use of TrueNat machines, manufactured by a Goa-based company, for carrying out confirmatory tests for Covid-19 disease.
KOCHI: Small and medium private hospitals in Kerala are looking at starting TrueNat Covid tests,
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