Potential reference measurement procedure for SARS-CoV-2 testing

Covid-19Erika Schow

PTB’s droplet digital PCR has what it takes to become a reference method to monitor the quality of medical analytical laboratories.   Scientists of the Berlin Institute of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have adapted the innovative method of droplet digital PCR to detect SARS-CoV-2 and have applied it successfully within the scope of an international…

PTB swings into high gear

Covid-19, Middle East and North AfricaSaida Bunk, Martin Kaiser

Emergency aid to COVID-19 testing facilities in the Palestinian territories A call for help from the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian National Authority reached PTB at the end of March: Laboratory analytics to test for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 are lacking. In the project called “Supporting the national quality infrastructure” which has been implemented in the…