Under-allocation: Critical Supply Chain Hurdles Negatively Impact the Ability of Community Hospitals To Perform Repeat SARS-CoV-2 Testing

Susan M Butler-Wu^{1

2}, Noah Wald-Dickler^{3

2}, Paul Holtom^{3

2}, Kenneth M Zangwill⁴, Tam T Van⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California, USA butlerwu@usc.edu.
² Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.

Comment

Susan M Butler-Wu et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2020.

. 2020 Aug 24;58(9):e01160-20.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.01160-20. Print 2020 Aug 24.

Susan M Butler-Wu^{1

2}, Noah Wald-Dickler^{3

2}, Paul Holtom^{3

2}, Kenneth M Zangwill⁴, Tam T Van⁵

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California, USA butlerwu@usc.edu.
² Los Angeles County + University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; PCR; SARS-CoV-2; nasopharyngeal; repeat.

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