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. 2021 Jan 22;18(4):785-788.
doi: 10.33314/jnhrc.v18i4.3230.

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

Arun Kumar Neopane  1 , Sailendra Kumar Duwal Shrestha  2 , Suman Raj Dangol  1 , Bikal Shrestha  1 , Ashis Dutta  3 , Galav Adhikari  1 , Jenny Mandal  1 , Hem Raj Khadka  1 , Shanker Dhakal  4
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Mobile Swab Collection Vehicle; a Blend of Necessity, Innovation, and Technology in a Resource-poor Country

Arun Kumar Neopane et al. J Nepal Health Res Counc. .

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.

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