Bhubaneswar: After the State-run Capital Hospital here, the nucleic acid amplification test (NAT) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system for blood test was introduced at the SCB Medical College and Hospital.
Health and Family Welfare Minister inaugurated the facility at the hospital on Friday. The Rs 4 crore machine was set up at the Transfusion building of SCB.
The State Government on Thursday introduced NAT polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system for blood test at the Capital Hospital. Later the facility will be available at MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur and VIMSAR, Burla.
NAT is the latest technological advance in ensuring the safety in blood supply which can directly detect very small amounts of a virus before antibodies are detected by current screening methods.
It significantly reduces window periods, resulting in fewer Transfusion Transmitted Infections (TTIs) and safer blood, thus preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis.
With the new technology a near-zero transmission of infective viruses like HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C through blood and its component transfusion can be achieved.
Sources said till date, all the blood banks in the State are using a conventional method called ELISA for the screening of HIV, Hepatitis B and C in the blood and its components.
This particular ELISA method has certain limitations and is unable to pick up the viruses in the early stage of the disease.
Health and Family Welfare Minister inaugurated the facility at the hospital on Friday. The Rs 4 crore machine was set up at the Transfusion building of SCB.
The State Government on Thursday introduced NAT polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system for blood test at the Capital Hospital. Later the facility will be available at MKCG Medical College and Hospital, Berhampur and VIMSAR, Burla.
NAT is the latest technological advance in ensuring the safety in blood supply which can directly detect very small amounts of a virus before antibodies are detected by current screening methods.
It significantly reduces window periods, resulting in fewer Transfusion Transmitted Infections (TTIs) and safer blood, thus preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis.
With the new technology a near-zero transmission of infective viruses like HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C through blood and its component transfusion can be achieved.
Sources said till date, all the blood banks in the State are using a conventional method called ELISA for the screening of HIV, Hepatitis B and C in the blood and its components.
This particular ELISA method has certain limitations and is unable to pick up the viruses in the early stage of the disease.
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