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3D-Printing to Address COVID-19 Testing Supply Shortages
- Source :
- Laboratory Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020.
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Abstract
- The recent SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has placed immense pressure on supply chains, including shortages in nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs. Here, we report our experience of using 3D-printing to rapidly develop and deploy custom-made NP swabs to address supply shortages at our healthcare institution.
- Subjects :
- linical pathology
0209 industrial biotechnology
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
3D-printing
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Biopsy
Supply chain
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Clinical Biochemistry
Economic shortage
Respiratory Mucosa
02 engineering and technology
NP swab
molecular diagnostics
03 medical and health sciences
COVID-19 Testing
020901 industrial engineering & automation
0302 clinical medicine
Nasopharynx
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Disposable Equipment
Special Report
COVID
Diagnostic Equipment
Biochemistry, medical
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
irology
Biochemistry (medical)
Outbreak
medicine.disease
Printing, Three-Dimensional
Business
Medical emergency
Coronavirus Infections
AcademicSubjects/MED00690
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19437730 and 00075027
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Laboratory Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....30eb8041765e7f21a68d41669a962cb4
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/labmed/lmaa031