Blacksell Stuart D, Khounsy Syseng, Phetsouvanh Rattanaphone, Newton Paul N
Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford University Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Nov;100(11):1084-6. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.03.005. Epub 2006 Jun 30.
We describe a diagnostic specimen transport container that is appropriate for limited resource or emergency settings. The transport container is constructed from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plumbing pipe, which is readily available and inexpensive (US$1-2, depending on size) and has wide flexibility of size due to the range of PVC pipe dimensions available. The PVC transporters are durable, water-resistant and may be easily decontaminated. They have been adapted for the transport of blood culture bottles from provincial hospitals in Laos, where, during a 2-year period, 380 PVC tubes containing blood culture bottles were transported without any leakage or breakage. We have found the PVC transporter to be a useful and cost-efficient durable alternative that meets IATA Packing Instruction 650 biological transport container requirements.
我们描述了一种适用于资源有限或紧急情况的诊断标本运输容器。该运输容器由聚氯乙烯（PVC）水管制成，这种材料容易获得且价格低廉（根据尺寸不同，价格在1至2美元），并且由于PVC管尺寸范围广，所以在尺寸上具有很大的灵活性。PVC运输容器耐用、防水，且易于去污。它们已被用于从老挝省级医院运输血培养瓶，在两年时间里，共运输了380个装有血培养瓶的PVC管，没有任何泄漏或破损情况发生。我们发现PVC运输容器是一种有用且经济高效的耐用替代品，符合国际航空运输协会（IATA）包装说明650中生物运输容器的要求。
