AIIMS halts sample collection for TB tests
A lab staffer, on the condition of anonymity, said that several tests for tuberculosis has been shut at the centre from last one month and an average of 70 to 80 patients on daily basis return empty handed.;
New Delhi: India's premier health institute, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), here has stopped collecting samples for TB tests at its DOT Centre in absence of chemical reagents.
The Cartridge-Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CBNAAT), which diagnoses TB and rifampicin resistance within 2 hours, is not available at the DOT centre for the last one and half months now.
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An official communication said that the First Line LPA, MGIT culture and DST services at the Intermediate Reference Laboratory (IRL) have been temporarily suspended with immediate effect, and will resume as the chemical regents become available.
A lab staffer, on the condition of anonymity, said that several tests for tuberculosis has been shut at the centre from last one month and an average of 70 to 80 patients on daily basis return empty-handed. The CBNATT test has been closed for one month now and other tests for TB like LPA culture test and DST also have also been closed in absence of chemical reagent cartridge, he added.
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