ILOILO City – The newly-opened Uswag Iloilo City Molecular Laboratory at the Alternative Learning System building in Molo district has started processing swab samples.
The facility can process up to 400 specimens a day. Releasing of results is expected in two days.
“This initiative is part of the city government’s continuous efforts to intensify coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing,” Mayor Jerry Treñas stressed.
He described the laboratory as a “highly-advanced area in research” that can help transform the healthcare system to effectively manage and treat diseases and other health conditions.
“This developmental endeavor brings new and revitalized hope to Iloilo City and its people as it promises to improve testing capacity and augment the operations of laboratories for the detection of the COVID-19 virus,” added Treñas.
The laboratory got a 100 percent score in the proficiency test administered by the Department of Health – Research Institute for Tropical Medicine.
The testing procedures performed are Nucleic Acid Extraction, PCR Mastermix Preparation, Real Time RT-PCR, Interpretation of RT-PCR results, and RT-PCR results reporting.
It would be granted a license to operate as a testing laboratory. (Iloilo City PIO/PN)
