Comparison of transport media s for detecting COVID-19 positivity.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: B972- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/12/029885
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age >= 18 years.
2. Asymptomatic patient planned for cancer surgery or any other procedure requiring general anaesthesia (DL Scopy/ cystoscopy/ PTBD/ PCN insertion).
3. Asymptomatic patient planned for in patient multiday chemotherapy in ward.
4. Symptomatic patient planned for COVID-19 swabbing by their treating physician.
5. Symptomatic staff planned for COVID-19 swabbing by the staff physician.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Participant not willing to participate in the study.
2. Participant on anticoagulation therapy or antiplatelet therapy for other ailments.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The difference between RT PCR COVID-19 positivity in samples transported in MTM and VTM media.Timepoint: 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To assess the SARS Cov 2 positivity rate among symptomatic staff undergoing swabbing <br/ ><br>2. To compare the N gene/ E gene/ RaRP/ Orf1 positivity difference in MTM versus VTM media. <br/ ><br>3. Analyse potential impact of false negative patients difference.Timepoint: 3 months