Mobile Swab Collection Vehicle; a Blend of Necessity, Innovation, and Technology in a Resource-poor Country

  • Arun Kumar Neopane Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Sailendra Kumar Duwal Shrestha Nepal Armed Police Force Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Suman Raj Dangol Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Bikal Shrestha Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Ashis Dutta Nepal Police Hospital Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Galav Adhikari Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Jenny Mandal Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Hem Raj Khadka Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Shanker Dhakal NAST Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v18i4.3230

Abstract

Mobile Swab Collection Vehicle is a concept that has been innovated by a team of medical and non-medical personals based upon the dire need to perform throat or nasopharyngeal swab collections to do reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction  ‘RT-PCR’ quickly, safely, and comfortably during this Corona Virus Diseases 2019, ‘COVID-19’ pandemic in a resource-poor country like Nepal. Inputs from the health care workers, beneficiaries, and engineers have been taken to construct this vehicle-mounted booth for swab collection. This vehicle is the ‘first of its kind’ in Nepal.
Keywords: COVID-19; Nepal; swab collection vehicle

Published
2021-01-22
How to Cite
Neopane, A. K., Shrestha, S. K. D., Dangol, S. R., Shrestha, B., Dutta, A., Adhikari, G., Mandal, J., Khadka, H. R., & Dhakal, S. (2021). Mobile Swab Collection Vehicle; a Blend of Necessity, Innovation, and Technology in a Resource-poor Country . Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 18(4), 785-788. https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v18i4.3230
Issue
Vol. 18 No. 4 (2020): Vol. 18 No. 4 Issue 49 Oct-Dec 2020
Section
Short Communication

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