Akita University Graduate School of Medicine dispatches researchers from the graduate school course to the Central Inspection Department of Akita University Hospital in Hasunuma, Akita City, Akita Prefecture to expand the testing of the new corona virus. To install.This allows for 1 PCR tests per day.
According to Akita University, with the establishment of the laboratory, a safety cabinet and inspection equipment for handling infectious substances will be installed in the central inspection department, and a new clerk will be hired to strengthen the system.We aim to improve the skills of laboratory technicians under the guidance of laboratory specialists and aim for efficient operation.We will dispatch researchers who work in courses at the Graduate School of Medicine to establish a backup system so that we can respond to overlapping examinations.
In principle, Akita University Hospital will not accept outpatients of the new corona in order to maintain it as a special function hospital, but the laboratory will also handle inspections of medical facilities outside the hospital.Furthermore, the accumulated know-how will be technically instructed to other medical facilities in the prefecture.
A briefing session on the establishment of the laboratory will be held on the 10th at the 40th anniversary lecture hall of the main road campus in Akita City, attended by Kyoichi Ono, Dean of the Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshihiro Minamiya, and the director of Akita University Hospital.
