Automated wash and reuse of disposable pipette tips in a SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR diagnostic pipeline
Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc..
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic led to global shortages in laboratory consumables, in particular for automated PCR. The Technical University of Denmark supported Danish hospitals from 2020 to 2022, conducting SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR on around 10,000 patient samples daily. We encountered shortages of disposable pipette tips used with automated liquid handlers that transferred oropharyngeal swab samples to 96-well microplates before RNA extraction. To enable tip reuse, we developed an automated protocol for washing tips with a 0.5 % sodium hypochlorite solution. This effectively eliminated carry-over of genomic material and the wash solution remained effective when stored in an open reservoir at ambient temperatures for 24 h. A three-day validation setup demonstrated the robustness of the tip wash protocol. Reducing the number of tips used for transferring samples to 96-well microplates from 96 to 8 enabled us to mitigate pipette tip shortages, lower costs, and minimize plastic waste generation.
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:109 |
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Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 109(2024), 1 vom: 30. März, Seite 116241 |
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Berger, Sanne S [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 22.03.2024 Date Revised 22.03.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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