{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Institute of Tropical Disease","provider_url":"https:\/\/itd.unair.ac.id\/wp","title":"Technical webinar on laboratory testing for COVID-19 - Institute of Tropical Disease","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HI4VLy4YtN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itd.unair.ac.id\/wp\/2020\/10\/07\/technical-webinar-on-laboratory-testing-for-covid-19\/\">Technical webinar on laboratory testing for COVID-19<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/itd.unair.ac.id\/wp\/2020\/10\/07\/technical-webinar-on-laboratory-testing-for-covid-19\/embed\/#?secret=HI4VLy4YtN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Technical webinar on laboratory testing for COVID-19&#8221; &#8212; Institute of Tropical Disease\" data-secret=\"HI4VLy4YtN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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Fifteen (15) laboratories of the Badan POM has also joined the national surveillance,\u00a0to fullfill the gaps of testing capacity in provinces which have lack of adequate PCR testing\u00a0numbers.\u00a0Amidst the increase of infected persons over months, the laboratory scientists have made\u00a0efforts to reach the benchmark of testing numbers in the entire country, as recommended by\u00a0WHO. In their work, it is indispensable to ensure accuracy of testing results by proper\u00a0analytical practices in view of their qualities and liabilities. It is also highly necessary to\u00a0follow safe handling of testing samples, for the purpose of protecting laboratory scientists\u00a0and preventing unintended spread of infectious materials to surrounding environments.\u00a0Thus, to this webinar, JICA invited speakers from three institutes in Japan and Indonesia. One\u00a0is the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), which is a central responsible\u00a0organization for COVID-19 surveillance in Japan. The others are Universitas Airlangga\u00a0(UNAIR) Surabaya, and Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) University. These Universities have been involved in the national surveillance since the beginning, and two are members of the\u00a0COVID-19 Response Acceleration Task Force. In opening the webinar, Mr Shunsuke Takatoi, Deputy Representative of JICA Indonesia\u00a0Office, in his remark, recalled its long history of bilateral cooperation between Japan and\u00a0Indonesia for public health sectors, and emphasized the importance of this technical webinar\u00a0as part of their solidarities to tackle the\u00a0COVID-19 outbreak.\u00a0Dr Kiyoshi Tanabayashi, DVM. PhD, former\u00a0Director for the Division of Biosafety\u00a0Control and Research, NIID provided overall\u00a0biosafety principles and management\u00a0practices required to laboratories in dealing\u00a0with infectious materials including SARSCoV-2.\u00a0He emphasized that proper handling and management, in addition to equipment and laboratory structure, were incredibly important\u00a0because numbers of laboratory failures were derived from human errors.\u00a0Prof. Maria Inge Lusida, dr., M.Kes.,Ph.D.,Sp.MK(K), Institute of Tropical Disease \u2013 UNAIR, explained critical points in\u00a0laboratory analytical practices and stated that\u00a0key factors, which might influence test\u00a0performance, could be arising from sample\u00a0collection, sample treatment, including\u00a0condition of infected patients. She\u00a0highlighted that false positives\/negative\u00a0results in SAR-CoV-2 testing are attributed to\u00a0conceivable factors caused by PCR testing\u00a0kits, equipment, and human skill. Dr drh. Joko Pamungkas, MSc, from Faculty\u00a0of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr Uus\u00a0Saepuloh, SSi, MBiomed, from Pusat Studi\u00a0Satwa Primata, LPPM\u2013IPB University,\u00a0focused on diverse factors that might be\u00a0influencing quality of testing results and\u00a0referred to different characteristics of gene\u00a0sequences targeted by various PCR testing\u00a0kits currently available on market.\u00a0He also implied potential analytical faults caused by gene mutation of SARS-CoV-2\u00a0over the outbreak of COVID-19 in\u00a0different regions and countries. As RTqPCR testing requires high technical\u00a0literacy and skills, it was suggested well &#8211;\u00a0trained scientists should be involved in\u00a0analytical work.\u00a0Approximately 250 scientists attended the\u00a0webinar. 1) The publicity release note will appear on facebook. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jicaindonesia 2) The text in Newsletter format as attached will be posted at https:\/\/www.jica.go.jp\/project\/english\/indonesia\/017\/newsletter\/index.html"}