Hamilton Virology Lab Gets a ‘Grasp’ on COVID-19 Testing
Stephanie Reid holds a bag of tiny plastic graspers: a made-in-Hamilton solution to a global supply-chain shortage that threatened to delay thousands of COVID-19 tests.
By: Lise Diebel, Communication Specialist, Hamilton Health Sciences
Necessity proved to be the mother of invention when a supply-chain shortage of small, disposable, plastic forceps threatened a busy virology lab's ability to do COVID-19 tests.
The Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program (HRLMP) virology lab is a partnership between Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. It's responsible for conducting clinical COVID testing from hospitals and assessment centres in Hamilton, across Ontario and even from outside the province.