The Indonesia Ministry of Health issued an announcement No. FR.01.01 / 3 / 0139A / 2021 on February 15, 2021. The announcement regulates the Rapid Diagnostic Test of Antigen (RDT-Ag) Covid-19 which has been approved by Indonesia Ministry of Health and require further validation test.
The requirement of imported RDT-Ag which is exempted to apply for further validation test is RDT-Ag must fulfil recommendations from one of the following :
a. WHO Emergency Used Listing (EUL),
b. US-FDA Emergency Used Authorization (EUA),
c. European Medicine Agency (EMA),
While, for local RDT-Ag only if the device has sensitivity ≥ 80% and a specificity ≥ 97% (evaluated in the acute phase) determined from the tested done by the National Institute of Health Research and Development of the Ministry of Health or an independent institution designated by the Ministry of Health, then it doesn’t need to have further validation test.
The test samples used for validation test are directly submitted to the Directorate of Medical Device Supervision, Ministry of Health
RDT-Ag which not fulfill above criteria will need to do validation test
- RDT-Ag swab kit will be tested by two different laboratories.
- If there is a discordant result, it will be determined by National Institute of Health Research and Development using the gold standard.
- Standard operational test procedure includes 30 samples with CT ≤ 25, 30 samples with CT> 25, and 30 samples negative.
- Each laboratory receives 100 RDT-Ag kits
- Testing time is 1 week from the sample kit RDT-Ag received by the laboratories
- Testing sample must be taken 24-48 hours (nasal swab test)
7 test facilities recognized by Ministry of Health are as follow: Faculty of Medicine-University of Indonesia, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing-Universitas Gadjah Mada, Faculty of Medicine-Airlangga University, Faculty of Medicine-Andalas University, Faculty of Medicine-Padjajaran University, Center for Health Laboratory (BBLK) Jakarta and Center for Environmental Health Engineering and Disease Control (BBTKLPP) Jakarta.
Moreover, RDT-Ag products shall be evaluated by the National Institute of Health Research and Development of the Ministry of Health or an independent agency designated by the Ministry of Health every 3 months.
References:
Announcement No. FR.01.01 / 3 / 0139A / 2021 Regarding Registered Rapid Diagnostic Test of Antigen Covid-19
Decree of the minister of health number HK.01.07 / MENKES / 446/2021 Concerning Use of Rapid Diagnostic Antigen Test in Examination Corona Virus Diseases 2019 (COVID-19)