Due to highly automated procedures, all laboratory techniques are simple to use and can be performed by laboratory personnel with minimal training, and a turnaround time of a few hours.
TORONTO (PRWEB)
October 25, 2022
During recent months, monitoring COVID-19 viral RNA in wastewater has been proposed as a method of detecting local outbreaks and has been implemented in several municipalities.
The advantages of this testing scheme are obvious: High test frequency (e.g., daily) monitoring of large populations; Elimination of reliance on individuals’ compliance; No underestimation of incidence; And cost reduction by establishing central testing points.
The global process and laboratory automation supplier Endress+Hauser, offers instrumental solutions for the entire workflow of detecting COVID-19 RNA in wastewater. An automatic wastewater sampler from the Endress+Hauser Liquistation product line is used to collect samples in defined time intervals. Viral RNA is then extracted and enriched on a membrane filter, which can be performed on site, and the filter is submitted to a laboratory for PCR-detection.
Analytik Jena, the laboratory division of Endress+Hauser, offers equipment and reagents for the extraction and purification of viral RNA, the preparation of purified samples for PCR analysis, as well as PCR thermal cyclers for simultaneous processing and analysis of up to 384 samples. All equipment used is scalable from single-sample processing up to an ultra-high throughput of thousands of samples per day.
This complete solution offers municipalities and industrial sites a unique turnkey solution from a single vendor, covering the entire workflow from sampling to detection and evaluation, for the early detection of local viral outbreaks. Due to highly automated procedures, all laboratory techniques are simple to use and can be performed by laboratory personnel with minimal training, and a turnaround time of a few hours.
The instrumentation used is based on an open platform concept, allowing high flexibility in the choice of third-party reagent kits. This also means that the system can easily be adapted to different pathogens, e.g., Salmonella, Listeria, or the currently emerging monkeypox.
Join Bretton Smith, MBS, Senior Field Applications Scientist, Analytik Jena US, for the live webinar on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at 10am EST (4pm CET/EU-Central).
For more information, or to register for this event, visit Detection of COVID-19 Viral RNA in Wastewater as a Simple and Sensitive Method of Outbreak Detection in Large Populations.
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