Virus Transport System (VTM-RT): A Solid Guarantee for Epidemic Prevention and Control”

In the face of the severe global epidemic prevention and control situation, the Virus Transport System (VTM-RT) stands out and has become a solid guarantee in epidemic prevention and control work. Its advantages have been fully demonstrated in large-scale screening and epidemic monitoring.

VTM-RT plays a key role in epidemic prevention and control. It is widely used for collecting samples from a large number of people in large-scale nucleic acid testing screening. Whether it is community-based centralized testing or rapid screening at transportation hubs, VTM-RT can efficiently complete the work of sample collection and transportation. Its swabs can quickly and accurately collect virus samples, and the preservation solution ensures the stability of the samples during transportation and storage. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, various regions used VTM-RT to conduct large-scale throat swab sampling of residents, which enabled the timely detection of asymptomatic infected individuals and potential sources of transmission, providing important data support for epidemic prevention and control and helping to quickly take isolation and prevention and control measures to block the transmission chain of the virus.

The advantages of this system are quite prominent. It has excellent compatibility and can be matched with a variety of advanced nucleic acid detection technologies. Whether it is real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR or new rapid nucleic acid detection methods, the samples collected by VTM-RT can be smoothly tested, greatly improving the efficiency and flexibility of detection. Moreover, the operation of VTM-RT is relatively simple. Staff who have received short-term training can proficiently master the methods of sampling and sample processing. In the emergency situation of epidemic prevention and control, this enables a large-scale sampling team to be quickly organized, accelerating the testing speed and meeting the demand for testing throughput in epidemic prevention and control.

When using VTM-RT for epidemic prevention and control work, some issues also need to be noted. At the sampling site, organization and protection work should be done well to avoid crowd gathering and cross-infection. Sampling personnel should strictly abide by the principle of aseptic operation to ensure the quality and safety of the samples. After sample collection, the samples should be sent to the laboratory in a timely and safe manner according to the requirements of cold chain transportation to prevent the activity of the viruses from being affected by temperature fluctuations during transportation. Meanwhile, the samples should be strictly numbered and recorded to ensure that the test results can accurately correspond to each sampling person, providing a basis for precise decision-making in epidemic prevention and control.

With its important application in epidemic prevention and control, significant advantages, and strict usage specifications, VTM-RT has become a powerful weapon in the fight against the epidemic, making important contributions to global epidemic prevention and control work and playing a vital role in the field of public health.