Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Hospital Authority discovers suspected contamination in a batch of flocked swabs The HA conducted repeated testing on 100 samples from the same Lot of flocked swabs, ultimately identifying 18 samples that showed weak positive results for COVID-19.
The flocked swabs were procured from a local supplier and delivered to the hospitals under the Kowloon West Cluster (KWC), including Caritas Medical Centre, Kwai Chung Hospital, North Lantau Hospital, PMH and Yan Chai Hospital (YCH) from January to the end of April this year. Since the flocked swabs were sealed in packaging, the HA’s microbiology experts, after analysing the test results, estimate that the flocked swabs were contaminated before delivery to the hospitals.Issued at HKT 13:36
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