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    Revised Guidelines For Positive Sample Storage by Icmr Approved Private Labs That Are Doing Covid-19 Testing by Real Time Rt-Pcr/Cb-Naat/Truenat

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    The document provides revised guidelines from ICMR for private labs conducting COVID-19 testing. It instructs that labs should periodically send required positive and negative samples to validation centers and send 10 random positive and 5 random negative samples per month to assigned quality control labs for monitoring. Labs must store samples at -80C or -20C and transfer them monthly to quality control labs while following biosafety procedures. Additional samples may be required if test results are discordant between labs and quality control labs.

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    The document provides revised guidelines from ICMR for private labs conducting COVID-19 testing. It instructs that labs should periodically send required positive and negative samples to validation centers and send 10 random positive and 5 random negative samples per month to assigned quality control labs for monitoring. Labs must store samples at -80C or -20C and transfer them monthly to quality control labs while following biosafety procedures. Additional samples may be required if test results are discordant between labs and quality control labs.

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    The document provides revised guidelines from ICMR for private labs conducting COVID-19 testing. It instructs that labs should periodically send required positive and negative samples to validation centers and send 10 random positive and 5 random negative samples per month to assigned quality control labs for monitoring. Labs must store samples at -80C or -20C and transfer them monthly to quality control labs while following biosafety procedures. Additional samples may be required if test results are discordant between labs and quality control labs.

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    Revised Guidelines For Positive Sample Storage by Icmr Approved Private Labs That Are Doing Covid-19 Testing by Real Time Rt-Pcr/Cb-Naat/Truenat

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    भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान अनुसंधान पररषद

    स्वास््य अनुसंधान र्वभाग, स्वास््य और पररवार


    कल्याण मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार
    Indian Council of Medical Research
    Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health
    and Family
    Dated: 11/06/2020

    Revised guidelines for positive sample storage by ICMR approved private labs that
    are doing COVID-19 testing by Real time RT-PCR/CB-NAAT/TrueNat
    1. All private labs that are doing COVID-19 testing by Real time RT-PCR/CB-NAAT/TrueNat are to
    send all positive samples to NIV, Pune as per earlier guidelines (Order no Z 28015/23/2020-EMR,
    dated 21st March 2020).
    2. With the surge in testing across the country, the total number of positive samples has gone up
    considerably. Keeping this in view, ICMR advises of the following.
    a) Labs that have been mapped with ICMR validation centres should periodically (on a regular
    basis) seek the requirements of these centres. The validation centres will tell labs that are
    mapped with them, to send the required number of positive and negative samples to help such
    centres validate different kits that become available for validation.
    b) All labs will send 10 random positive and 5 random negative samples per month to QC labs.
    ICMR has mapped testing private labs to different QC labs (Annexure I). All testing labs will
    liaise with the recommended QC labs and will ensure regular participation in QC activity.
    c) All testing labs will ensure storage of samples at -80C (or at least at -20C) and will ensure
    regular monthly transfer to QC labs. Don't forget to include your lab name and sample ID.
    While shipping, place samples in screw capped vials and proper Biosafety and Biosecurity
    precautions should be followed as per IATA.
    d) In case of any discordance, additional 5 positive and 3 negative samples will need to be sent for
    QC check.
    e) If QC results are concordant, all the samples will be destroyed and labs will keep record of
    destruction.
    f) There is no need to send all positive samples to NIV, Pune.

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    Annexure I
    QC lab All private testing labs in
    RMRC, Dibrugarh Assam
    Contact: Dr.Biswa Borkakoty,
    Email: [email protected]

    SVMS, Tirupati Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry


    Contact: Dr. Usha Kalawat,
    Email: [email protected]
    RMRIMS, Patna Bihar
    Contact: Dr. Pradeep das,
    Email: [email protected]
    AIIMS, New-Delhi Delhi
    Contact: Dr. Lalit Dar,
    Email: [email protected]
    BJMC, Ahmedabad Gujarat
    Contact: Dr. M.M. Vegad,
    Email: [email protected]
    BPS, Sonipat Haryana
    Contact: Dr. Sarita Yadav,
    Email: [email protected]
    RIMS, Ranchi Jharkhand
    Dr. Manoj Kumar,
    Email: [email protected]
    AIIMS, Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
    Dr. Debasis Biswas,
    Email: [email protected]

    NIV Field unit, Bengaluru Karnataka


    Contact: Dr. Ashok
    Email: [email protected]
    NIV Field unit, Allapuzzha Kerala
    Contact: A.P. Sugunan,
    Email: [email protected]
    Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai. Mumbai
    Contact: Dr Jayanthi Shastri,
    Email: [email protected]

    NIV, Pune Rest of Maharashtra


    Contact: Dr. Varsha Potdar
    Email: [email protected]

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    QC lab All private testing labs in
    RMRC, Bhubaneswar Odisha
    Contact: Dr. Jyoti Turuk
    Email:[email protected]
    PGI, Chandigarh Punjab
    Contact: Dr. Mini Singh
    Email: [email protected]
    GMC, Haldwani Uttarakhand
    Contact: Dr. Vinita Rawat,
    Email: [email protected]
    SMS Medical College, Jaipur Rajasthan
    Contact: Dr. Bharti Malhotra,
    Email: [email protected]
    KIPM, Chennai Tamilnadu
    Contact: Dr. K. Kaveri,
    Email: [email protected]
    GMC, Secunderabad Telangana
    Contact: Dr. K. Nagamani,
    Email: [email protected]
    KGMU, Lucknow UP
    Contact: Dr. Amita Jain,
    Email: [email protected]
    NICED, Kolkata West Bengal
    Contact: Dr. Shanta Dutta
    Email: [email protected],

    3|Page

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