Table 2.
Resource availability and administrative risk control measures in Pakistani laboratories during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| No. | Questions | % of LPs conducting COVID-19 testing |
% of LPs conducting routine diagnostic testing |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
||
| 1 | Did you ever receive a biosafety training (before the onset of COVID-19 pandemic)? | 45 (77.6) | 13 (22.4) | 65 (59.1) | 45 (40.9) |
| 2 | Were you previously trained by your organization to specifically handle samples from suspected/confirmed cases of emerging infections like COVID-19? | 32 (55.2) | 26 (44.8) | 41 (37.3) | 69 (62.7) |
| 3 | Are people testing for COVID-19 in your organization have enough personal protective equipment (PPE) to handle samples from cases with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection? | 33 (56.9) | 25 (43.1) | 36 (32.7) | 74 (67.3) |
| 4 | If your laboratory is performing testing for COVID-19 infection, did your laboratory performed a risk assessment before starting it? | 34 (58.6) | 24 (41.4) | 51 (46.4) | 59 (53.6) |
| 5 | Do you have standard operating procedures (SOPs) in your lab for biosafety and biosecurity specific to this pandemic? | 39 (67.2) | 19 (32.8) | 59 (53.6) | 51 (46.4) |
| 6 | Are you doing work more than your duty hours during this pandemic? | 43 (74.1) | 15 (25.9) | 33 (30) | 66 (60) |
LP, laboratory professional.