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Testkapasiteten has gone down from 500 tests a day to approximately 200 at Stavanger university (SUS).
as of now is not testbehovet for the hospital bigger, but kommunetjenesten operates with strict criteria and want to be able to test more, says Hans Tore Frydnes, klinikksjef for medical technology at the SUS.
But if 17 days is it potentially stop koronavirustesting. The reason is that the hospital currently needs more reagents, which are chemicals used in the testing process.
His Tore Frydnes, klinikksjef for medical technology at the SUS.
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They are not easy to obtain in a few Norwegian hospitals. The global crisis koronapandemien has created, also means that there is global demand for testing equipment and reagents, explains Frydnes
Norway has ordered a lot of their test equipment from the united STATES, which now need equipment and reagents, although because of the virus’s spread there, ” he says.
at the same time that the hospital produces its own sampling equipment in cooperation with the University of Stavanger (UiS), they’re trying now to collaborate with local industry on this. And they have initiated a collaboration with NTNU, which potentially can be very important for the future koronatesting.
We are looking at the possibility of producing ekstraksjonsreagenser together. We must build up a testkapasitet which is much higher than what we have today. Through the cooperation with NTNU, UiS and local industry, we may be able to deliver it, believe Frydnes.
Will be self-sufficient
In less than a week, researchers in Trondheim have developed a koronatest. It is this which is now to be tested in several Norwegian hospitals. Including the CIS and the Oslo universitetssjukehus (OUS).
forget that no schools Bjørås, a professor at the medical faculty at NTNU.
Photo: Kirsti Kringstad / NRK
– the Goal is to be self-sufficient. It is very important for us because the market is dimensioned for a completely different demand, ” says a professor at the medical faculty at NTNU, forget that no schools Bjørås.
NTNU has sent off a testkit to hospitals. With it can the other hospitals to try the test, as they already have got to work at St. Olavs hospital in Trondheim.
the Kit is based on magnetic balls which go out RNA (the virus’s genetic material). The method is based on well-known principles, and NTNU have optimized it for koronavirus, according to Bjørås. The idea is that the method should be able to be distributed to even more hospitals in the long term.
Optimism in the Oslo and Stavanger
In Stavanger hope avdelingsoverlege at Department of medical microbiology, the Irishman Löhr, that they get started with the tests in the course of the week after easter.
the Irishman Löhr, avdelingsoverlege at Department of medical microbiology at the SUS.
Photo: Mathias Oppedal / NRK
I have great faith that it will be good, ” she says.
In Oslo, they have already started with the testing, ” says head of the department Fredrik Müller, at the Department of microbiology at OUS.
Fredrik Müller, at the department of microbiology at OUS.
Photo: Lise Merete Olaussen / NRK
It looks very promising so far. The next step is to look at how we can expand and automate the process, ” he says.
the Hospital tested 500 for koronavirus yesterday, but the number has been up in the 1200 per day. Müller sees that they can also get problems with testkapasiteten. That is why he is very happy for the new partnership.
we made it here in Norway is absolutely fantastic, ” he says.
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