Implementation of an Emergency Use Authorization Test During an Impending National Crisis.

J Mol Diagn

Laboratory for Clinical Genomics and Advanced Technology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Health System, Lebanon, New Hampshire. Electronic address:

Published: July 2020

The laboratory response to the current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic may be termed heroic. From the identification of the novel coronavirus to implementation of routine laboratory testing around the world to the development of potential vaccines, laboratories have played a critical role in the efforts to curtail this pandemic. In this brief report, we review our own effort at a midsized, rural, academic medical center to implement a molecular test for the virus; and we share insights and lessons learned from that process, which might be helpful in similar situations in the future.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7224672PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2020.05.001DOI Listing

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