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SRINAGAR, APR 23: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today launched the Management Information System (MIS) for Covid-19 testing laboratories and streamlining the supply of testing kits in the entire country.
The ICMR Additional Director General said that so far 300 labs both government-run and private have been pressed into service and more is being done on expanding the network of labs.
Dr. Jitendra Mehta from J&K complimented the ICMR for setting up the portal which he said is a good initiative and shall avoid many confusions of inventory management for the smooth functioning of Covid -19 testing labs.
Later, a presentation was also made by ICMR to familiarize the officials from various states and union territories regarding the facilitation, operationalization and use of the dynamic Dashboard.
The login ID and Password for the State will be created for the nodal officer. These may be shared with authorized persons in the State administration. ICMR may also send an auto-generated e-mail to the nodal officer at 11 am every day, summarizing the key inventory-related highlights and action items.
A Dashboard Familiarization meeting was attended through video conference by OSD Health and Medical Education, Owais Ahmad, Managing Director, NHM, J&K, Bhupinder Kumar and Nodal Officer for COVID-19 testing labs, J&K, Dr. Jitendra Mehta.
HoD/Nodal officer PSM, GMC Srinagar Dr. Saleem Khan, HoD/ Nodal officer Hospital Administration, SKIMS Soura Dr. Ghulam Hassan Yatoo, HoD Microbiology, SKIMS Soura Dr. Bashir Fomda, HoD Microbiology, GMC Srinagar Dr. Anjum Farhana, HoD Microbiology GMC Jammu Dr. Shahshi Sudan, and Nodal Officer COVID-19 and State Surveillance Officer Jammu Dr. Deepak also participated in the meeting.
It is said that the MIS has been activated for use by all approved laboratories (Government and Private), regional and central depots, and ICMR headquarters to allow concerned parties to have visibility of the supply chain data collected.
