COVID-19 : Viral Transport Medium (VTM) for Laboratory diagnosis
At the current global health crises; the prevalence of CoVID-19, the Molecular test is limited only at an authorised laboratories which are approved by the Ministry of Health. Due to this reason, there is a need to provide a safe and standard Viral Transport Medium (VTM) in order to send samples which is taken from clients to hospitals and health centers.
Moreover, The success of the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 is also depends largely on the quality of the specimen and the conditions under which the specimen is transported and stored before being processed in the laboratory.
Thus, Amir Pivand Research & Development Company has started to produce the “Viral Transport Medium” VTM kit, by obtaining the necessary licenses from the Health Reference Laboratory and General Management of Medical Equipment and Supplies in Iran, to provide this product to the country’s health system.
- can be used for SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes CoVID-19
- can be used for influenza A and influenza B viruses, etc …
- more than a week of stability for molecular test (PCR)
- without any inhibitors and successfully used for Molecular based assays
- long-term storage (Freeze)
It is worth mentioning that Amir Payvand Research & Development Company is trying to play a key role in promoting the country’s health system by producing various types of Diagnostic kits for routine and specialized test and reagents that are suitable for laboratory consumers.
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