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Transasia and AMTZ launch India’s first mobile lab for COVID-19 testing

Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd. has partnered with Andhra Pradesh Medical Technology Zone (AMTZ) to launch a mobile COVID-19 test lab to help faster and safer testing across India. Named Infectious Disease Diagnostic Lab (iLAB), this state-of-the-art mobile microbial containment (BSL-2) laboratory was made in Transasia’s Vizag manufacturing facility at AMTZ, Asia’s first medical device manufacturing park at Vishakhapatnam in partnership with Bharat Benz and with the support of Department of Biotechnology (DBT). Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd. is instrumental in placing Erba IVD analyzers and reagent kits in iLAB along with conducting COVID-19 testing as well as maintaining the mobile laboratory, as it travels across villages and towns in India.

The company is using ICMR- and NIV-approved ErbaLisa COVID-19 IgG ELISA kits for testing, which comprises both screening and confirmatory tests. This serology test helps identify and isolate infected individuals. It also aids in better understanding how much of the population has been infected, and tracking the spread of disease over time. Besides this, a range of immunology analyzers to test these samples and a biochemistry analyzer for evaluating important parameters that should be monitored during infections like COVID-19, such as analytes, electrolytes, proteins, substrates, immunoturbimetric assays, and special chemistries have been installed.

iLAB consists of PCR workstation, real-time PCR machine, incubator, deep freezer, and refrigerator for testing samples and storing reagents with provision for treatment of liquid effluents, safe storage of solid bio-hazard wastes, and decontamination by autoclaving. The lab has a provision for storing and donning PPEs; storage of used aprons; and emergency body shower and eye wash.

The lab is capable of traveling at a speed of 50 to 100 kmph and can travel large distances for sample collection, analysis, and giving results. The iLAB container can also be lifted from the automotive chassis and can be put on the goods train and can be sent anywhere in the country, with the help of railways.

Suresh Vazirani
CMD,
Transasia-Erba Group

“As a healthcare contributor to the nation, we have been quite eager to participate in the government’s agenda of protecting and saving the people from this pandemic. Considering the urgency, we have been working aggressively even during lock down in getting the iLAB geared up for COVID-19 testing. With this innovative iLAB, we are now ready to commence testing immediately. This initiative embodies our vision of creating a healthier and happier world.”

Ravi Kaushik
CEO,
Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd.

“We are glad and proud to be the technology partner of choice for AMTZ and Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, and to extend our technical and clinical expertise in developing this innovative ‘lab-on-wheels’ in the nation’s mission to fight against COVID-19. This collaboration with Government of India builds on Transasia’s 41-year-old legacy of providing high-quality products at affordable cost across the heartland of India. We take pride in driving this idea from concept to reality, working closely with AMTZ. The iLAB will allow for COVID-19 testing access to thousands of patients in remote areas, who would otherwise find it difficult to reach a lab and get a test done. It goes beyond free testing by providing diagnosis at the doorstep of needy patients.”

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