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Table 4 The weight coefficient of each index in the evaluation system

From: An evaluation index system for regional mobile SARS-CoV-2 virus nucleic acid testing capacity in China: a modified Delphi consensus study

First-level indexes

Weight coefficient

Second-level indexes

Weight coefficient

Third-level indexes

Weight coefficient

Combination weights

1. Nucleic acid mobile detection emergency system construction

0.1959

1.1 Emergency system for nucleic acid testing

0.3266

1.1.1 Whether the jurisdiction has established nucleic acid testing emergency leading group

0.3316

0.0212

1.1.2 Whether to establish mobile response team management and temporary allocation system

0.3303

0.0211

1.1.3 Whether to establish a multi-department linkage system

0.3380

0.0216

1.2 Emergency and technical plan for nucleic acid testing

0.3367

1.2.1 Whether to establish an emergency plan for large-scale nucleic acid testing

0.2565

0.0169

1.2.2 Whether to organize the study of a large-scale nucleic acid testing plan

0.2256

0.0169

1.2.3 Update cycle of the emergency plan for large-scale nucleic acid testing

0.2344

0.0155

1.2.4 The awareness rate of staff to the work content involved in the plan

0.2535

0.0167

1.3 Emergency exercise

0.3367

1.3.1 Whether to make emergency drill plan

0.33

0.0218

1.3.2 Number of emergency drills carried out

0.33

0.0218

1.3.3 Whether the effectiveness of emergency drills is evaluated

0.34

0.0224

2. Personnel team construction

0.2046

2.1 Sampling personnel

0.3337

2.1.1 Number of sampling personnel

0.3517

0.024

2.1.2 Average working years of sampling personnel

0.3127

0.0229

2.1.3 Average number of professional training sessions for sampling personnel

0.3356

0.0214

2.2 Testing personnel

0.3381

2.2.1 Number of testing personnel

0.2619

0.0181

2.2.2 Average working years of testing personnel

0.2391

0.0165

2.2.3 Average number of professional training sessions for testing personnel

0.2475

0.0171

2.2.4 Number of qualified qPCR staff

0.2515

0.0174

2.3 Technically training

0.3282

2.3.1 Whether to develop a training plan for nucleic acid testing

0.1968

0.0132

2.3.2 Number of nucleic acid testing training

0.1939

0.0130

2.3.3 Number of offline training

0.2013

0.0135

2.3.4 Whether the training content is assessed

0.2034

0.0137

2.3.5 Pass rate of training assessment

0.2046

0.0137

3. Emergency response guarantee

0.1989

3.1 Financial guarantee

0.3423

3.1.1 Financial burden rate of dedicated funds

0.1669

0.0114

3.1.2 Reserve funds

0.1679

0.0114

3.1.3 Capital availability rate within one week

0.1692

0.0115

3.1.4 Timeliness rate of funds within one week

0.1655

0.0113

3.1.5 Budget execution rate

0.1612

0.0110

3.1.6 Whether to establish an incentive and reward system for emergency task work

0.1692

0.0115

3.2 Materials reserves

0.3371

3.2.1 Number of emergency vehicles

0.1398

0.0094

3.2.2 Number of mobile laboratories

0.1390

0.0093

3.2.3 Whether to establish a reserve catalogue of nucleic acid testing emergency materials

0.1470

0.0099

3.2.4 Number of types of laboratory test materials stored

0.1433

0.0096

3.2.5 Compliance rate of laboratory test materials stored

0.1467

0.0098

3.2.6 Available time of sampling material in reserve

0.1415

0.0095

3.2.7 Available time for testing material in reserve

0.1427

0.0096

3.3 Material management

0.3207

3.3.1 Whether to establish a management record for emergency supplies for nucleic acid testing

0.3367

0.0215

3.3.2 Integrity rate of management records of emergency supplies for nucleic acid testing

0.3340

0.0213

3.3.3 Nucleic acid detection materials supplement and renewal cycle

0.3293

0.0210

4. Laboratory performance building and maintenauce

0.2023

4.1 Equipment configuration

0.1994

4.1.1 Compliance rate of testing equipment

0.1296

0.0052

4.1.2 Normal operation rate of testing equipment

0.1292

0.0052

4.1.3 Number of Nucleic Acid Extractors

0.1279

0.0052

4.1.4 Number of PCR machines

0.1272

0.0051

4.1.5 Number of biological safety cabinets

0.1250

0.0050

4.1.6 Whether to establish instrument operation and maintenance records

0.1183

0.0048

4.1.7 Integrity rate of operation record registration

0.1223

0.0049

4.1.8 Integrity rate of maintenance record registration

0.1206

0.0049

4.2 Specimen reception and management

0.1968

4.2.1 Integrity rate of specimen information registration

0.1298

0.0052

4.2.2 Accuracy rate of specimen information registration

0.1308

0.0052

4.2.3 Whether to set up a secimen bank of COVID-19 specimens

0.1273

0.0051

4.2.4 Specimen bank capacity

0.1244

0.0050

4.2. Number of refrigerators for specimen storage

0.1226

0.0049

4.2.6 the sum of specimens received per day

0.1221

0.0049

4.2.7 Storage time of each batch of specimens

0.1214

0.0048

4.2.8 Backlog of experimental specimens

0.1214

0.0048

4.3 Laboratory testing

0.1999

4.3.1 Sample pre-processing time

0.1675

0.0068

4.3.2 Time spent on reagent preparation

0.1618

0.0065

4.3.3 Time spent on Nucleic acid extraction

0.1635

0.0066

4.3.4 Time spent on Nucleic acid amplification

0.1615

0.0065

4.3.5 Average daily detection volume

0.1752

0.0071

4.3.6 Average daily test volume in mobile laboratories

0.1705

0.0069

4.4 Quality assurance and quality control

0.2025

4.4.1 Frequency of instrumentation calibration

0.1217

0.0050

4.4.2 Inter-assay precision

0.1261

0.0052

4.4.3 Intra-assay precision

0.1261

0.0052

4.4.4 Limits of detection

0.1261

0.0052

4.4.5 Contamination of high-concentration to low-concentration samples

0.1261

0.0052

4.4.6 Contamination of low- concentration to high-concentration samples

0.1222

0.0050

4.4.7 Frequency of internal and external quality controls

0.1256

0.0051

4.4.8 Number of quality control failure events

0.1259

0.0052

4.5 Laboratory biosafety management

0.2014

4.5.1 Whether to establish a laboratory environment disinfection record

0.1680

0.0068

4.5.2 Integrity rate of laboratory disinfection records

0.1661

0.0068

4.5.3 Laboratory environment disinfection frequency

0.1667

0.0068

4.5.4 Biosafety self-inspection records

0.1667

0.0068

4.5.5 Frequency of laboratory biosafety self-inspection

0.1641

0.0067

4.5.6 Whether to establish a laboratory safety manual

0.1693

0.0069

5. Information management system for nucleic acid testing resources

0.1982

5.1 Technical personnel database

0.3331

5.1.1 Whether to establish an employee database

0.3421

0.0226

5.1.2 Integrity rate of database personnel information registration

0.3266

0.0216

5.1.3 Data update frequency of employee database

0.3313

0.0219

5.2 Information management of nucleic acid testing

0.3325

5.2.1 Whether to establish a sampling reservation system

0.1347

0.0089

5.2.2 Whether to establish a material resource information database

0.1369

0.0090

5.2.3 Whether to equip the sampling point with scan code and take code device

0.1411

0.0093

5.2.4 Whether the testing organization is equipped with a smart scan code data terminal

0.1400

0.0092

5.2.5 Whether the sampling registration information and the agency testing information are interoperable

0.1472

0.0097

5.2.6 Whether to establish an information management platform

0.1516

0.0100

5.2.7 Whether the result of the test is connected with the health code

0.1485

0.0098

5.3 Testing results presentation and feedback

0.3344

5.3.1 Whether to realize the electronic testing result report

0.1658

0.0110

5.3.2 Average reporting time for fever and emergency patients

0.1712

0.0113

5.3.3 Average reporting time in general outpatient clinics

0.1632

0.0108

5.3.4 Average reporting time of hospitalization

0.1612

0.0107

5.3.5 Average reporting time of the community that should be checked

0.1622

0.0107

5.3.6 Average reporting time of positive results

0.1765

0.0117