Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test [CBNAAT]
- Provide an overview of the CBNAAT- Fully automated (GeneXpert) platform and that it uses RTPCR as the base molecular technology. Describe the name CBNAAT and discuss the use of the word cartridge.
- Discuss the important advantages of the platform.
- Rapid test with high reliability
- Automated test
- The type of cartridge would determine the test/ assay that would be performed.
- Discuss the parts of a CBNAAT machine and the various configurations it comes in.
- Mention that they can identify the nearest CB