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Health|05/09/2009| 22:43
Santa Catarina start doing tests for influenza A in next Tuesday
Lacen in Florianopolis, must do 40 tests per day
Santa Catarina start doing tests for influenza A in next Tuesday. The approximately 40 daily tests are made at the Central Laboratory of Public Health of Santa Catarina (Lacen), in Florian?polis, and should be ready in seven hours.
With the authorization of the Ministry of Health and the training of two technicians in Santa Catarina Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, the work will speed up diagnoses. Today, the tests usually get at least a week after the death of the patient.
It is estimated that about 3 thousand samples are in the queue for consideration Fiocruz. As of Friday were 42 confirmed deaths from H1N1 in the state. Over 106 fatalities are being investigated.
As you near the date of the exams in the territory of Santa Catarina, the Lacen cleared, on Thursday, sending the samples collected from suspected patients to the laboratory carioca:
- It's a matter of logic, because in a period of 72 hours we will be able to return the result to the cities - says John Daniel Filho, director of Lacen.
For the exams, the state invested $ 600 thousand in the purchase of equipment, supplies and reagent kits. All material is imported from the United States. Because it is an emergency, the bidding process was waived.
Within another 10 days to reach another device, similar to the recently acquired. With the new machine, the ability of tests to rise from 40 to 80 per day.
The priorities will remain hospitalized patients, pregnant women and those considered as a group of risks. On average reach 80 samples per day.
Other Southern states are already procedures
In addition to speeding the diagnosis of influenza A, there are other advantages to the Lacen, which shall be qualified as a public reference laboratory in the country. Tests such as meningitis, tuberculosis and leptospirosis will be done in less time.
- This is a breakthrough in terms of public health policy. In addition, patients with symptoms leading to suspicion of influenza A must have a diagnosis, even to diminish the anxiety about the possibility of the disease - says John Daniel.
Moreover Lacen of Santa Catarina, states such as Paran?, Rio Grande do Sul and Minas Gerais were also authorized to perform the tests. Today, in addition Fiocruz, tests for influenza A are made in the Adolfo Luts, in Sao Paulo, and Instituto Evandro Chagas, Par?
Health|05/09/2009| 22:43
Santa Catarina start doing tests for influenza A in next Tuesday
Lacen in Florianopolis, must do 40 tests per day
Santa Catarina start doing tests for influenza A in next Tuesday. The approximately 40 daily tests are made at the Central Laboratory of Public Health of Santa Catarina (Lacen), in Florian?polis, and should be ready in seven hours.
With the authorization of the Ministry of Health and the training of two technicians in Santa Catarina Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, the work will speed up diagnoses. Today, the tests usually get at least a week after the death of the patient.
It is estimated that about 3 thousand samples are in the queue for consideration Fiocruz. As of Friday were 42 confirmed deaths from H1N1 in the state. Over 106 fatalities are being investigated.
As you near the date of the exams in the territory of Santa Catarina, the Lacen cleared, on Thursday, sending the samples collected from suspected patients to the laboratory carioca:
- It's a matter of logic, because in a period of 72 hours we will be able to return the result to the cities - says John Daniel Filho, director of Lacen.
For the exams, the state invested $ 600 thousand in the purchase of equipment, supplies and reagent kits. All material is imported from the United States. Because it is an emergency, the bidding process was waived.
Within another 10 days to reach another device, similar to the recently acquired. With the new machine, the ability of tests to rise from 40 to 80 per day.
The priorities will remain hospitalized patients, pregnant women and those considered as a group of risks. On average reach 80 samples per day.
Other Southern states are already procedures
In addition to speeding the diagnosis of influenza A, there are other advantages to the Lacen, which shall be qualified as a public reference laboratory in the country. Tests such as meningitis, tuberculosis and leptospirosis will be done in less time.
- This is a breakthrough in terms of public health policy. In addition, patients with symptoms leading to suspicion of influenza A must have a diagnosis, even to diminish the anxiety about the possibility of the disease - says John Daniel.
Moreover Lacen of Santa Catarina, states such as Paran?, Rio Grande do Sul and Minas Gerais were also authorized to perform the tests. Today, in addition Fiocruz, tests for influenza A are made in the Adolfo Luts, in Sao Paulo, and Instituto Evandro Chagas, Par?