Data automation of PCR laboratory on Covid-19: Experience from Kazakhstan

The purpose of the article is to demonstrate the experience of work on the automation of the PCR laboratory studies on COVID-19. Automation is carried out on the platform of the SmartLAB Kazakhstan laboratory information system, which is fully adapted for the PCR laboratory and covers all laboratory processes from registration to the issuance of results, including integration with information systems of the government. Forms of results issued to patients contain a QR code that allows you to verify the reliability of the result. Furthermore, the information systems of state bodies exercise control and supervision over the regulation of the epidemiological situation in the country. For this, it keeps records of each PCR study within the country. Furthermore, LIS helps to reduce the issuance of PCR results, namely, after the receipt of the biomaterial to the laboratory, the patient receives the result in 4 hours online, and information about the development exported to the information systems of government agencies, activating the patient's status in Ashyq systems, Travel without Covid-19. The presented work results from the complete automation of the PCR laboratories in Kazakhstan (cities Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Karaganda, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Atyrau, Aktau).本文旨在阐述新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）聚合酶链式反应（Polymerase Chain Reaction, PCR）实验室检测自动化工作的实践经验。本次自动化工作基于SmartLAB Kazakhstan实验室信息系统开展，该系统完全适配PCR实验室业务需求，覆盖从检测登记到报告出具的全流程，可与政府各类信息系统实现对接整合。向患者出具的检测报告内嵌二维码，可用于核验检测结果的真实性。此外，国家机构的信息系统可对全国新冠疫情防控工作实施监管与管控，为此需对境内每一例PCR检测进行登记备案。此外，该实验室信息系统可缩短PCR检测报告的出具周期：实验室接收生物样本后，患者可在4小时内线上获取检测结果；同时将检测进度相关信息同步至政府机构信息系统，并在Ashyq系统中激活患者的“无新冠出行”状态。本次呈现的工作成果基于哈萨克斯坦境内所有PCR实验室的全自动化改造项目，涉及城市包括努尔苏丹、阿拉木图、卡拉干达、乌斯季卡缅诺戈尔斯克、阿特劳、阿克套。