Indian microbiology EQAS registered laboratory's capacity building and infection control practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: Lessons learnt and gaps identified.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The COVID-19 pandemic was unique in the history of outbreaks because of the massive scaling up of resources related to diagnostics, treatment modalities, and vaccines. To understand the impact of the pandemic among laboratory professionals, we aimed to conduct a survey to assess the improvement in the lab capacity post-covid in terms of infrastructure and accreditation status across various levels of hospitals and to determine the changes in the practice of infection control precautions during the pandemic.

Methods

This was an anonymous, online-based survey (using 58 item questionnaire) conducted between July 09, 2021, and August 07, 2021. The survey targeted all EQAS registered diagnostic laboratories located in India.

Results

The survey reached out to 1182 p

SUBMITTER: Murugesan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9576257 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature