NEW DELHI: In a letter to all states and union territories Indian Council for Medical Research director general Balram Bhargava has said that with the use of rapid antigen tests, more and more tests are being carried out and therefore is absolutely necessary that all such testing data is uploaded on the ICMR database on realtime basis and all positive cases are brought to the the authorities fot isolation, quarantine or treatment.
"It is expected that to provide safe healthcare services, all government hospitals/labs as well as all private NABH/NABL hospitals/labs may initiate antigen testing and also apply for obtainlng login credentials for data entry into the ICMR portal."
In an effort to facilitate and further liberalize testing,lCMR has generated five common login credentials for each district of each State/ UT, which may be shared with all Government and private facilities selected for antigen testing.
ICMR DG goes on to say that in this Covid-19 pandemic, to ensure that testing is further enhanced and reporting of the same is done seamlessly states should identify all government and private facilities who would be providing COVID-19 diagnosis through antigen-based assays.
"The common login credentials should be shared with all government and private facilities approved by the state. lndividual oRead More – Source
NEW DELHI: In a letter to all states and union territories Indian Council for Medical Research director general Balram Bhargava has said that with the use of rapid antigen tests, more and more tests are being carried out and therefore is absolutely necessary that all such testing data is uploaded on the ICMR database on realtime basis and all positive cases are brought to the the authorities fot isolation, quarantine or treatment.
"It is expected that to provide safe healthcare services, all government hospitals/labs as well as all private NABH/NABL hospitals/labs may initiate antigen testing and also apply for obtainlng login credentials for data entry into the ICMR portal."
In an effort to facilitate and further liberalize testing,lCMR has generated five common login credentials for each district of each State/ UT, which may be shared with all Government and private facilities selected for antigen testing.
ICMR DG goes on to say that in this Covid-19 pandemic, to ensure that testing is further enhanced and reporting of the same is done seamlessly states should identify all government and private facilities who would be providing COVID-19 diagnosis through antigen-based assays.
"The common login credentials should be shared with all government and private facilities approved by the state. lndividual oRead More – Source
