Mary Wilson
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Tue, November 23, 2021, 10:37 AM
Samuel Lovett
A second private Covid testing laboratory run by a scandal-hit company which has received millions from the government is facing calls to be investigated over numerous allegations of wrongdoing.
It is feared that incorrect Covid test results have been sent out to the public from the lab, run by the diagnostics firm Immensa, with staff allegedly forced to operate faulty machines without proper protective equipment, risking cross-contamination and spoiled samples.
New recruits at the lab, located in Loughborough, were never given formal training and Covid sample waste was not disposed of correctly, whistleblowers have told The Independent.
Lab technicians were left to mop their own floors in between processing tests due to a shortage of cleaners; concerns over working conditions often went ignored; staff were asked to wear bin liners instead of lab coats, and poorly equipped machines returned inconclusive sample results, leading to delays, one source said.
Although the site processes private fit-to-travel tests, it has also handled thousands of NHS Covid samples, The Independent understands. These appear to have been diverted from Immensa’s Wolverhampton lab, which – unlike Loughborough – is contracted by the government to process samples for the national testing system.
https://news.yahoo.com/second-lab-owned-scandal-hit-132336661.html
Samuel Lovett
A second private Covid testing laboratory run by a scandal-hit company which has received millions from the government is facing calls to be investigated over numerous allegations of wrongdoing.
It is feared that incorrect Covid test results have been sent out to the public from the lab, run by the diagnostics firm Immensa, with staff allegedly forced to operate faulty machines without proper protective equipment, risking cross-contamination and spoiled samples.
New recruits at the lab, located in Loughborough, were never given formal training and Covid sample waste was not disposed of correctly, whistleblowers have told The Independent.
Lab technicians were left to mop their own floors in between processing tests due to a shortage of cleaners; concerns over working conditions often went ignored; staff were asked to wear bin liners instead of lab coats, and poorly equipped machines returned inconclusive sample results, leading to delays, one source said.
Although the site processes private fit-to-travel tests, it has also handled thousands of NHS Covid samples, The Independent understands. These appear to have been diverted from Immensa’s Wolverhampton lab, which – unlike Loughborough – is contracted by the government to process samples for the national testing system.
https://news.yahoo.com/second-lab-owned-scandal-hit-132336661.html
