- Equipment
Additional lab PCR equipment and supplies are required that uses open source consumables (i.e. those that can be used on a variety of equipment) and should meet the following criteria:
- Open PCR systems with high throughput – loan or purchase
- KingFisher Flex with 96 deep well head (5400360) – loan or purchase
- Sampling Kits
Additional lab supplies are required that uses consumables (i.e. those that can be used on a variety of equipment) and should meet the following criteria:
- Swabs. e.g nasopharangeal with min breakpoint of 80mm
- Tubes eg. 75-100mm to accommodate bar codes
- Viral transfer media eg. UTM / VTM or Liquid Ames Medium approved for viral transport
Specifications of COVID-19 PCR Testing Consumables – Swabs
- Reagents
Additional lab supplies are required that uses consumables (i.e. those that can be used on a variety of equipment) and should meet the following criteria:
- RNA extraction
- Probes & Primers
Extraction Kit/Reagents and PCR Kit/Reagents listed here
- Other Consumables
Additional lab supplies are required that uses consumables (i.e. those that can be used on a variety of equipment) and should meet the following criteria:
- Various plates eg. Deep 96 well plates
- Pipette tips (various)
- Handsafe long cuff gloves
To supply your products
The Ask
All of the above should be:
- Sustainable supply
- Particular interest in UK based manufacturing opportunities
- ‘Fit for purpose’ alternatives to current specs
They need industry to provide them with sufficient laboratory consumables across all our platforms.
To submit your products details and enter your offer click here to visit: Readiness to supply COVID-19 relevant materials and equipment
https://consultations.dhsc.gov.uk/Covid19TestKitSupplies
For additional insight see this slide deck: Webinar: Opportunities to contribute to the National Diagnostics Effort for COVID-19
Running these calls and future communications
The response from industry has been huge – but in order to ensure they can quickly respond to specific/deliverable offers – They are ramping up resource and putting new system in place
If you have a specific offer in response to specific calls
- All information on gov.uk/coronavirustesting and www.gov.uk/guidance/help-the-government-increase-coronavirus-covid-19-testing-capacity
- Link through to specific web forms to collect info they need
- Dedicated triage and case management team – backed by expert panels
If responding to future pillar 5 calls or have other offers
- Respond to this email address covid19triageservice@nhsbsa.nhs.uk or call 0800 9159 965
- Separate triage teams will review – and respond asap – but unless a specific offer on immediate need – may take a bit of time.
Source: https://testingmethods.crowdicity.com/
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