Thiruvananthapuram GMC launches Mobile Outbreak Investigation Unit
Thiruvananthapuram: The Institute of Advanced Virology (IAV) has launched an innovative Mobile Outbreak Investigation Unit at the Trivandrum Government Medical College (GMC) campus.
This outbreak investigation unit has the required facilities for the collection of samples from disease outbreak-reported areas, equipment such as bio-safety cabinets and centrifuges for processing the samples under strict bio-safety conditions at the site itself, ice-lined refrigerators and liquid nitrogen containers to transfer the processed samples under cold-chain conditions to the testing facility at IAV for detailed diagnosis.
At present, viral disease-related samples from the Medical College Hospital, RCC, SAT and Sree Chitra Hospital are brought to the Institute of Advanced Virology for diagnosis by the patients themselves.
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A delay in sample collection and delivery to the lab often leads to sample degradation. This may result in an incorrect diagnosis during testing.
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