A high-throughput automated sample transfer processing system, MGISTP-7000, has been put into service across China to facilitate nucleic acid detection amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The system is the first of its kind that is put into use in the country.
Developed by China's MGI Tech Co., Ltd., the system can load original samples with caps and transfer up to 192 samples from airtight sample tubes or plain tubes to 96-well microplates in 40 minutes with just a single click.
No human contact is involved during the process.
It also adopts the negative pressure system and ultraviolet disinfection system.
Supported by the system, the turnaround time for a test report only takes four hours.
Produced by Xinhua Global Service
