São Leopoldo is among the 86 cities in Brazil to receive the new HIV viral load measurement equipment. The device, from the March Roche, arrived on the morning of this Tuesday, March 28, at the Specialized Service (Sae), on Rua Osvaldo Aranha, and needed the help of a crane to be installed.
Added to the value of the reagents sent by the Ministry of Health, the investment exceeds R$ 1 million. The machine will replace the old one that has been in operation since 2014.
On average, São Leopoldo performs between 700 and 800 viral load tests per month. The municipality is a reference for patients from Novo Hamburgo, Campo Bom, Estância Velha, Portão and Sapiranga.
“It will guarantee much more agility, more precision and modernity in the provision of services and results. Procedures that we used to do manually, now become automated, which generates more precision and consequently reduces the risk of error”, explained biomedical Solange Biegelmeyer, from SAE.
Interim Secretary of Health Diego Pitirini accompanied the installation. “Electronic components evolve very quickly. Health is increasingly using technology for treatments and diagnoses. The new device will bring more speed and accuracy in the analysis”, he observed.
São Leopoldo is among the 86 cities in Brazil to receive the new HIV viral load measurement equipment. The device, from the March Roche, arrived on the morning of this Tuesday, March 28, at the Specialized Service (Sae), on Rua Osvaldo Aranha, and needed the help of a crane to be installed.
Added to the value of the reagents sent by the Ministry of Health, the investment exceeds R$ 1 million. The machine will replace the old one that has been in operation since 2014.
On average, São Leopoldo performs between 700 and 800 viral load tests per month. The municipality is a reference for patients from Novo Hamburgo, Campo Bom, Estância Velha, Portão and Sapiranga.
“It will guarantee much more agility, more precision and modernity in the provision of services and results. Procedures that we used to do manually, now become automated, which generates more precision and consequently reduces the risk of error”, explained biomedical Solange Biegelmeyer, from SAE.
Interim Secretary of Health Diego Pitirini accompanied the installation. “Electronic components evolve very quickly. Health is increasingly using technology for treatments and diagnoses. The new device will bring more speed and accuracy in the analysis”, he observed.
