GTU’s RTPCR lab serving people amid Covid19 pandemic

Chandkheda: Gujarat Technological University (GTU)’s bio safety laboratory has proved very useful to address the growing demand of RTPCR test amidst covid19 pandemic. The lab is ICMR approved.

According to Dr. Vaibhav Bhatt, CEO of GTU based ‘Atal Incubation Centre’, there are several rules mandated to start a laboratory for RTPCR tests for detection of Covid. A bio safety laboratory has to be class-2 type, it should have bio safety equipment for every kind of research, it has to have a Bio medical waste certificate obtained from the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), it has to have RTPCR machine, bio safety cabinet machine, cooling centrifuge, deep freezers with temperature in range of minus 80 to 20 degree. GTU had applied for approval to its lab from ‘Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR)’, Delhi and sent photographs of the lab facility. ICMR tested some sample in its own lab and sent those samples to GTU lab in order to match the result. As sample tests at ICMR lab and GTU lab proved to be same, GTU lab was given approval by ICMR.

GTU lab has so far tested over 400 samples. Each day, the details for tests such as the detail of patient’s condition, whether vaccine was administered on patient or not, report etc. data is uploaded. The samples have to be given by 12 noon on working days at GTU facility. The report is given in six hours. Dr. Vaibhav Bhatt can be contacted at 079-23267642 during 10.30 am to 6.00 pm.