Keywords
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Laboratory, Testing
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
A retrospective review of salient features of the early-to-mid phases COVID-19 pandemic is provided from the perspective of the clinical laboratory. Lessons learned and possible improvements are opined. These include the importance of maintaining a robust laboratory infrastructure, increased public health funding, the partnership between public health and hospital/commercial laboratories, and the critical importance of sound scientific assessment even during a pandemic crisis.
Recommended Citation
Procop, Gary W.
(2021)
"Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic: A View from the Laboratory,"
Marshall Journal of Medicine:
Vol. 7:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
DOI: 10.33470/2379-9536.1322
Available at:
https://mds.marshall.edu/mjm/vol7/iss1/2
