1. A Novel Approach for a Novel Pathogen: Using a Home Assessment Team to Evaluate Patients for COVID-19.
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Bryson-Cahn C, Duchin J, Makarewicz VA, Kay M, Rietberg K, Napolitano N, Kamangu C, Dellit TH, and Lynch JB
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- COVID-19 prevention & control, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Humans, SARS-CoV-2, Technology Assessment, Biomedical methods, United States, COVID-19 diagnosis, House Calls, Patient Care Team, Public Health methods, Specimen Handling methods
- Abstract
Thousands of people in the United States have required testing for SARS-CoV-2. Evaluation for a special pathogen is resource intensive. We report an innovative approach to home assessment that, in collaboration with public health, enables safe evaluation and specimen collection outside the healthcare setting, avoiding unnecessary exposures and resource utilization., (© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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- 2020
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