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Written by: Yuan Shu
2021-03-08 23:58
Last update date: 2021-03-09 00:18
Recently, the Hospital Authority’s laboratory test bottles lag behind, and some cases have received results in the past ten days. The bureau warned the entrusted laboratory that on Friday (5th) it also promised that most people can now be tested within 2 to 3 days. result.
Hong Kong 01 reporter last Thursday (4th), as a citizen, went to the Tsing Yi Urban General Outpatient Clinic to submit the test bottle. Until today (8th) four full days, that is, 96 hours later, the test result has not been received.
The reporter wrote to the designated e-mail query earlier, but has not received a reply.
The HA suddenly issued a report late tonight that it received a notification from the contractor that the contractor had to clean and disinfect the laboratory thoroughly due to environmental pollution in the laboratory, which caused delays in some of the laboratory procedures and some of the tests failed to comply with the contract. It is required to complete and issue a result notification within 48 hours. The 20,000 samples received on March 3 and 4 will be completed within today.
Hotline staff: Recently, some citizens reported that the report had not been received 4 or 5 days after the bottle was handed over
The Hospital Authority mentioned in its press release on March 5 that most people can obtain test results within 2 to 3 days.
However, a reporter from "Hong Kong 01" went to the Tsing Yi Urban General Outpatient Clinic to submit the test bottle last Thursday morning. At that time, the staff had "announced" that due to the large number of people tested, it would take about four or five days before the results were available. .
However, until this afternoon, 96 hours later, no test results were received.
As a citizen, the reporter called the staff of the Department of Health for enquiries. The staff said that currently there is only a hotline for people who are subject to mandatory testing. If people are subject to voluntary testing, they can only send the information to designated emails.
The staff of the hotline also revealed that there have been inquiries from members of the public who have not issued a report 4 or 5 days after the bottle was handed over.
When asked about the HA’s earlier promise to issue a report within 48 hours, she pointed out that “48 hours is only one goal.” She suggested that if reporters hope to obtain test results as soon as possible, they can go to the community testing center for self-financed testing.
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Hospital Authority quotes contractor: Laboratory is lagging due to environmental pollution
The Hospital Authority stated that in order to cooperate with the "Strengthening Laboratory Surveillance Program" of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, the Authority has commissioned a laboratory contractor to conduct virus testing.
The bureau received a notice from the contractor that the laboratory had to be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected due to environmental pollution earlier in the laboratory, which caused delays in part of the laboratory procedures, and some of the tests could not be completed and issued within 48 hours as required by the contract. Notice.
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The Hospital Authority stated that after receiving the notification, it has reported the incident to the Food and Health Bureau and the Department of Health. Starting today, arrangements have been made to transfer some of the late test samples to the Public Health Laboratory Service Office of the Department of Health and three other laboratory contractors for testing. .
The bureau pointed out that according to the contractor’s report, all the samples received on or before March 2 and most of the samples received on March 4 have been completed earlier, and it is expected that the test will be completed within today and the remaining and large parts of March 3 Some 20,000 samples were received on March 4 but have not yet been processed.
The Public Health Laboratory Service and the three laboratory contractors will continue to provide assistance and it is expected that the remaining samples will be processed in the next few days.
The Hospital Authority stated that it attaches great importance to the incident and has urged the contractor to comprehensively review the relevant laboratory procedures and strengthen response. It also stated that it will follow up with the contractor in accordance with the terms of the contract to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
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