A How-to Guide to Building a Robust SARS-CoV-2 Testing Program at a University-Based Health System

• Main Authors: Stephen D. Nimer MD (Author), Jennifer Chapman MD (Author), Lisa Reidy PhD (Author), Alvaro Alencar MD (Author), YanYun Wu MD, PhD (Author), Sion Williams PhD (Author), Lazara Pagan MSN (Author), Lauren Gjolaj MBA (Author), Jessica MacIntyre MSN (Author), Melissa Triana MBA (Author), Barbara Vance PhD (Author), David Andrews MD (Author), Yao-Shan Fan MD, PhD (Author), Yi Zhou MD, PhD (Author), Octavio Martinez MD (Author), Monica Garcia-Buitrago MD (Author), Carolyn Cray PhD (Author), Mustafa Tekin MD (Author), Jacob L. McCauley PhD (Author), Philip Ruiz MD, PhD (Author), Paola Pagan MBA (Author), Walter Lamar PhD (Author), Maritza Alencar DNP (Author), Daniel Bilbao PhD (Author), Silvia Prieto MBA (Author), Maritza Polania MBA (Author), Maritza Suarez MD (Author), Melissa Lujardo BSIE (Author), Gloria Campos MSIE (Author), Michele Morris MD (Author), Bhavarth Shukla MD (Author), Alberto Caban-Martinez PhD, DO (Author), Erin Kobetz PhD (Author), Dipen J. Parekh MD (Author), Merce Jorda MD, PhD, MBA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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When South Florida became a hot spot for COVID-19 disease in March 2020, we faced an urgent need to develop test capability to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection. We assembled a transdisciplinary team of knowledgeable and dedicated physicians, scientists, technologists, and administrators who rapidly built...