构件质量和材料分布在横向流量测试套件中
Marie-Louise Wöhrle1, Alice Street1, Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas2
1School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
|April 10, 2025
概括
商业侧流测试在重量和材料组成上有很大差异. 这突出了从诊断测试中减少塑料和包装废物的机会.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 医学诊断 医学诊断 医学诊断
背景情况:
- 侧流测试 (LFT) 广泛用于快速诊断,包括2019年新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 的诊断.
- 一次性医疗器械对环境的影响,特别是其材料组成和废物产生,越来越令人担忧.
研究的目的:
- 量化商业侧流试验中使用的材料的类型和重量.
- 为了识别不同制造商和测试设计的材料使用的变化.
主要方法:
- 收集并手动拆解了来自全球各种来源的21个商业COVID-19侧流测试.
- 将所有组件分类并单独称重,包括外,包装和内部元素.
主要成果:
- 观察到套件总重量的显著变化 (13.7g至84.6g).
- 包装占总重量的很大一部分 (34%至89%以上),导致重量变化.
- 塑料平均占标准套装重量的36%,而纸张/纸板平均占52%.较新的磁带设计显示相反的比例.
结论:
- 材料使用的广泛差异表明,制造商有可能减少LFT中的塑料和整体材料消耗.
- 在产品配置文件中建立量化材料使用基线可以减轻来自诊断测试的塑料废物,并减少废物管理系统的负担.
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