Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services, Virginia Department of General Services, Richmond, Virginia (Dr Toney); State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa, Coralville, Iowa (Dr Pentella); and Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, Maryland (Dr Blank and Mr Becker).
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2021 Jan/Feb;27 Suppl 1, COVID-19 and Public Health: Looking Back, Moving Forward:S101-S105. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001285.
Public health laboratories have played a central role in the US response to COVID-19. Since the earliest days, myriad issues have impeded the laboratory community's ability to keep pace with the overwhelming demand for effective tests. In this article, the Association of Public Health Laboratories and a subset of its members examine the response to date and evaluate lessons learned from 4 main categories: testing surges, supplies, staffing, and regulations and policy. Within these categories, the authors offer recommendations intended both to improve the ongoing COVID-19 response and to strengthen planning for future outbreaks.
公共卫生实验室在美国应对 COVID-19 方面发挥了核心作用。从最初的几天开始，无数问题就阻碍了实验室界跟上对有效检测的巨大需求的步伐。在本文中，公共卫生实验室协会及其部分成员审视了迄今为止的应对情况，并从以下 4 个主要类别评估了经验教训：检测激增、供应、人员配备以及法规和政策。在这些类别中，作者提出了旨在改进正在进行的 COVID-19 应对并加强未来疫情爆发规划的建议。
