Faulty blood-testing kit scare is back to haunt the state again. Defective blood kits were found at Durgapur sub-divisional hospital on Saturday.
“The kits were meant for testing different viruses like Hepatitis B, C and HIV. But while performing tests in Durgapur, it showed false positive results. We have concluded that the kits are defective and immediately informed the state health department and stopped all further tests. The blood collected in Durgapur will be tested at a facility in Asansol on a different and more reliable technique-based on the Elisa test to keep the blood bank functional,” said professor Santanu Halder, chief medical officer of health, Burdwan.
The kits are “one step anti-HBC kits” of lot number 019061 with an expiry date of 5.7.09. These kits are mainly used to test the presence of hepatitis C, B and HIV. The kits are manufactured by Standard Diagnostic Incorporated, Korea, but are supplied to the state health department by an Indian company. read more
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