A research team at the College of Pharmacy at University of Basrah, consisting of Dr. Falah Hassan Shari and Dr. Rafid Abdul-Raouf Dolab, obtained a patent for producing a kit for collecting cough samples to examine the presence of the new corona virus from infected people
The patent included the production of a kit for collecting cough samples to examine the presence of the new Corona virus from infected people. This patent is one of a group of patents carried out by the research team of the University of Basrah under the direct supervision of the President of the University, Prof. Dr. Saad Shahin
The work was also done in the laboratories of the Electronic Microscope Unit at the College of Pharmacy, one of the products of fighting the Corona pandemic at the beginning of its global spread to develop quick and effective solutions in the absence of traditional methods of isolating the COVID-19 virus
The goal of this manufactured product was to isolate the Corona virus by using a special mask containing a swab to obtain a sample without transmission of infection to workers or escorts and ease of use without pain or wound in the nose as in traditional methods and it can be used for all ages
