Impact of Mobile COVID-19 Laboratory Testing on Readiness of US Army 1/34th Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division Deployment to National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA.
Med J (Ft Sam Houst Tex)
; (Per 22-07/08/09): 28-37, 2022.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1989450
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The emergence of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) rapidly evolved into a worldwide pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The pandemic had a major operational impact upon the US military, requiring interventions to mitigate transmission risk resulting in DoD-wide disruption of daily operations, restriction of movement, and delays in training. Development of a rapid mobile COVID-19 testing strategy was pursued as a means to allow service members to complete critical missions in select settings. In this report, we describe the first of its kind mobile medical laboratory (MML) that allowed for testing of approximately 4,000 soldiers of the 1/34th Armored Brigade Combat Team (1/34th ABCT), 34th Infantry Division, prior to deployment for validation exercises to the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA. We describe the utilizing of the MML, COVID-19 testing workflow, clinical symptom data/cycle threshold (Ct) data from positive patients, and outcomes from this testing mission.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Military Personnel
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Med J (Ft Sam Houst Tex)
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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