The acid test: The case for accurate and quick mobile point-of-care COVID testing

Monash Lens article published 11 August 2021
featuring Patrick Kwan, Zanfina Ademi, Mark Howard, James McMahon and Tuncay Alan

Monash researchers make the case for investing in development and deployment of decentralised diagnostic devices, most importantly a highly-mobile and swift point-of-care (POC) COVID-19 nucleic acid test. 

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Portable pocket-sized device puts molecular testing at your fingertips

L-R: Professor Patrick Kwan and Dr Tuncay Alan from respectively Monash University's faculties of Medicine and Engineering have collaborated to create a portable testing device which provides rapid, accurate results.

Like turning the bulky CD player into the Apple iPod, Monash University researchers have developed a small device that can perform molecular testing within minutes – making it possible to test people quickly outside traditional laboratories at the point-of-care/need.

Professor Patrick Kwan, from Monash University’s Central Clinical School, and Dr Tuncay Alan, from Monash University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, have developed an ultra-portable, self-contained, nucleic acid amplification test device.