| Autor: |
Farnia, Parissa, Farnia, Poopak, Ghanavi, Jalaledin, Velayati, Ali, Tabasri, Payam, Saif, Shima |
| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Mycobacteriology; 2021Supplement, Vol. 10, p73-73, 1p |
| Abstrakt: |
Aims and Objective: The SAR COVID2 virus devastated the world in the very short time. The virus not only effected the individuals, but also the economy and infrastructure of laboratories working in other infectious diseases. The synergy between patients with other air borne diseases like tuberculosis and COVID-19 is not very clear, but it have been shown that few patients expired having two diseases at the same time. Now the question comes out for safety of laboratory personal and necessary precaution for those that handle the specimens from patients who got both infection (tuberculosis &COVID-19). Results: The investigation should that most of peripheral TB laboratories (85%) in Iran are using biological safety cabinet type 1 or 2; therefore they are not using open bench for making smear. Small number of general hospital (30%) use the open bench for smear preparation at the peripheral levels. It is advisable that after smearing they kept the smear for drying in the cabinet with using UV light for 1-2 hours; then they proceed with fixation and staining. May be it is also advisable to handle the specimens, with proper clothing also. Conclusion: It looks that with pandemic of COVID-19, even TB laboratories need re-vision of their protocol as far as safety of personal is concerned. Also, the open benching for smearing should be avoided in all other countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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