PCR – FAHRIE – PART FOUR FOR MOTHER CHANNEL

Interview with Dr. Fahrie Hassan by Judy Sole

Last week, if you remember correctly we were speaking about the validation with PCR, I think I mentioned that one of the shortcomings in the present PCR testing globally, is the fact that there’s no validation taking place. Let me qualify what I mean. Validation requires, first and foremost, on an intra-lab validation, when the PCR, as I indicated last week when the assessment of PCR is done on the basis of fluorescence, in order for the PCR to eliminate background noise or as interpreted on the PCR result, eliminating spurious amplification…