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The Value and Institutional Impact of an In-System Laboratory Testing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In-system clinical laboratories have proven themselves to be a fundamentally important resource to their institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic of the past year. The ability to provide SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing to our hospital system allowed us to offer the best possible care to our patients,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8107259/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33997276 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23742895211010253 |
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author | Kaul, Karen Singh, Kamaljit Sabatini, Linda Konchak, Chad McElvania, Erin Larkin, Paige Lindgren, Rebecca Sutherland, Christina Granchalek, Gustav Herrada, Alfredo Murray, Brian Charles, E Matt Dugad, Priya Livschiz, Ekaterina |
author_facet | Kaul, Karen Singh, Kamaljit Sabatini, Linda Konchak, Chad McElvania, Erin Larkin, Paige Lindgren, Rebecca Sutherland, Christina Granchalek, Gustav Herrada, Alfredo Murray, Brian Charles, E Matt Dugad, Priya Livschiz, Ekaterina |
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description | In-system clinical laboratories have proven themselves to be a fundamentally important resource to their institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic of the past year. The ability to provide SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing to our hospital system allowed us to offer the best possible care to our patients, and to support neighboring hospitals and nursing homes. In-house testing led to significant revenue enhancement to the laboratory and institution, and attracted new patients to the system. Timely testing of inpatients allowed the majority who did not have COVID-19 infection to be removed from respiratory and contact isolation, conserving valuable personal protective equipment and staff resources at a time that both were in short supply. As 2020 evolved and our institution restarted delivery of routine care, the availability of in-system laboratory testing to deliver both accurate and timely results was absolutely critical. In this article, we attempt to demonstrate the value and impact of an in-system laboratory during the COVID-19 pandemic. A strong in-house laboratory service was absolutely critical to institutional operational and financial success during 2020, and will ensure resiliency in the future as well. |
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spelling | pubmed-81072592021-05-10 The Value and Institutional Impact of an In-System Laboratory Testing During the COVID-19 Pandemic Kaul, Karen Singh, Kamaljit Sabatini, Linda Konchak, Chad McElvania, Erin Larkin, Paige Lindgren, Rebecca Sutherland, Christina Granchalek, Gustav Herrada, Alfredo Murray, Brian Charles, E Matt Dugad, Priya Livschiz, Ekaterina Acad Pathol Special Collection: COVID-19 In-system clinical laboratories have proven themselves to be a fundamentally important resource to their institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic of the past year. The ability to provide SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing to our hospital system allowed us to offer the best possible care to our patients, and to support neighboring hospitals and nursing homes. In-house testing led to significant revenue enhancement to the laboratory and institution, and attracted new patients to the system. Timely testing of inpatients allowed the majority who did not have COVID-19 infection to be removed from respiratory and contact isolation, conserving valuable personal protective equipment and staff resources at a time that both were in short supply. As 2020 evolved and our institution restarted delivery of routine care, the availability of in-system laboratory testing to deliver both accurate and timely results was absolutely critical. In this article, we attempt to demonstrate the value and impact of an in-system laboratory during the COVID-19 pandemic. A strong in-house laboratory service was absolutely critical to institutional operational and financial success during 2020, and will ensure resiliency in the future as well. SAGE Publications 2021-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8107259/ /pubmed/33997276 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23742895211010253 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work as published without adaptation or alteration, without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Special Collection: COVID-19 Kaul, Karen Singh, Kamaljit Sabatini, Linda Konchak, Chad McElvania, Erin Larkin, Paige Lindgren, Rebecca Sutherland, Christina Granchalek, Gustav Herrada, Alfredo Murray, Brian Charles, E Matt Dugad, Priya Livschiz, Ekaterina The Value and Institutional Impact of an In-System Laboratory Testing During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | The Value and Institutional Impact of an In-System Laboratory Testing
During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | The Value and Institutional Impact of an In-System Laboratory Testing
During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | The Value and Institutional Impact of an In-System Laboratory Testing
During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | The Value and Institutional Impact of an In-System Laboratory Testing
During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | The Value and Institutional Impact of an In-System Laboratory Testing
During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | value and institutional impact of an in-system laboratory testing
during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Special Collection: COVID-19 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8107259/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33997276 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23742895211010253 |
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