Metro Atlanta lab ready to join the fight against monkeypox

N. FULTON COUNTY, Ga — We had been taken inside a Metro Atlanta lab that’s now prepared to affix the battle in opposition to monkeypox.

Throughout our unique tour, the lab advised us it’s the first unbiased lab within the state that may now take a look at for the monkeypox virus, which continues to unfold in Georgia.

Contained in the Ipsum lab in Sandy Springs, CEO Lauren Bricks confirmed us a monkeypox assortment equipment.

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Not like COVID-19 kits, it comprises two swabs.

“Our suppliers are going to swab lesions on the pores and skin however they’re going to do two totally different samples,” mentioned Bricks.

Then Ipsum will run these samples, by means of a multi-step course of contained in the lab.

The lab labored for the previous few weeks, to collect further tools and provides wanted for monkeypox testing.

“We’ve got all of the infrastructure that’s wanted already,” mentioned Bricks.

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Dr. Saju Mathew with Piedmont Healthcare advised us discovering labs that may take a look at the samples has been a problem.

“It’s troublesome to really take a look at right here at Piedmont. We’re doing job in notifying the suppliers that sure, you may truly scrape the pores and skin lesion and ship that to one in every of 5 laboratories that we work with. However for lots of docs, it’s nonetheless a problem to get testing carried out,” mentioned Mathew.

Ipsum has accomplished its monkeypox preparation simply this week. And now it says it’s prepared for its first pattern.

“We’re prepared to reply every time there’s a necessity locally and this clearly qualifies for that,” mentioned Bricks.

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