HELPING TO EXPAND SCOTTISH COVID-19 TESTING SOLUTIONS

Helping to Expand Scottish COVID-19 Testing Solutions

A bespoke 40 cubic foot containerised compressed air system, designed, built and installed by Kerr Compressors, will shortly be on the front line of Scotland’s testing solutions expansion plans in response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Awarded a contract to design, engineer, build and deliver a complete containerised system comprising multiple compressed air components, Kerr committed to having it delivered installed and fully operational within just 8 weeks. In addition, Kerr has design, planned and installed a specialist high level pipework distribution system within the customer's premises for the clean rooms and packaging areas to complete the delivery of quality compressed air from the containerised system to the points of use throughout the impressive facility.

Scotland’s COVID-19 Testing Strategy

The Scottish Government’s updated strategy sets out the role that testing continues to play in tackling Coronavirus (COVID-19). The strategy focuses on a number of key areas including whole population testing of anyone with symptoms (Test & Protect). Another key development to strengthen surveillance work and help prevent the spread of the virus is for all contacts of COVID-19 index cases to be offered testing regardless of whether they have symptoms. Recent close contacts of those people with a positive test result, will be advised to get a test, allowing for further contacts to be identified and potential, wider outbreaks contained.

Kerr – “Proud to be Contributing to Scotland’s Fight Against the Pandemic”.

The complex project and contract awarded to Kerr is for a customer that is expanding its impressive Scottish manufacturing facility and production to support the COVID-19 fight, working to help roll out the Nation’s largest testing programme. The facility provides specialised sample collection products for critical COVID-19 testing and is expanding given the significant demand globally. The added capacity and increased efficiencies will allow the facility to scale up production to more than 8 million filled tubes per week. Sample collection products are critical to effective testing for every individual. Kerr’s customer manufactures media (a transfer liquid) that is aseptically dispensed into tubes that are used to safely collect and transport clinical specimens that may contain the virus. This ensures that the sample collected from a COVID-19 nose swab maintains viability while it is sent to a laboratory for processing. Without the protection of sample collection kits, COVID-19 virus samples could lose their integrity, leading to inaccurate results. Compressed air is an essential utility required in many stages of the manufacturing. This includes supplying quality air to the production and process machinery used to produce the vital sample collection products plus the clean rooms and packaging areas. The reliability and quality of the compressed air supply is critical to the process and the flexibility of the engineered design means that Kerr can tailor the system to the specific customer requirements. Cameron Kerr, Service Director for Kerr Compressor Engineers commented: “All the dedicated and expert team at Kerr are delighted and proud to be contributing to Scotland’s response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and testing solutions expansion plans.” He continued; “To design, engineer, build and deliver a complete containerised system comprising multiple compressed air components installed, fully operational and ready for deployment within just 8 weeks is the kind of challenge that our specialist engineers relish, even more so when the project is of such importance to Scotland’s ongoing fight against the pandemic”. Further information from 0800 008 6588 - web.enquiry@kerrcompressors.co.uk

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