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).本文旨在阐述新冠病毒聚合酶链式反应（Polymerase Chain Reaction，PCR）实验室检测自动化工作的实践经验。本次自动化改造基于SmartLAB Kazakhstan实验室信息系统（Laboratory Information System, LIS）平台开展，该系统专为PCR实验室优化适配，覆盖从样本登记到报告出具的全实验室流程，且支持与政府政务信息系统的对接集成。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，国家政务信息系统可对全国新冠疫情态势的管控工作实施监督与调控，为此将留存境内每一项PCR检测的相关记录。此外，该实验室信息系统（LIS）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；同时检测进度信息将同步推送至政府机构信息系统，自动激活患者在「无新冠旅行」Ashyq系统中的通行状态。本次研究成果覆盖哈萨克斯坦境内努尔苏丹、阿拉木图、卡拉干达、厄斯克门、阿特劳、阿克套等城市的PCR实验室全流程自动化改造项目。