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KMID : 1142720200230040225
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology
2020 Volume.23 No. 4 p.225 ~ p.231
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Experience at Department of Laboratory Medicine during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Daegu
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Park Sung-Gyun
Kim Do-Hoon
Lee Won-Mok
Ha Jung-Sook
Jeon Dong-Seok
Lee Jae-Hee
Ryoo Nam-Hee
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Abstract
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The first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea was reported in January 2020. As the secondary transmissions accelerated within the country, the government revised the outbreak alert for COVID-19 from attention to caution. Mid-February, when a massive outbreak was reported from a church in Daegu, our institution initiated testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). More than 300 laboratory tests were performed within the first 2 months, before the number of cases began to decline. Here, we describe our experience of 4 months at the department of Laboratory Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, located in Daegu, where a massive COVID-19 outbreak occurred.
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KEYWORD
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COVID-19, Daegu, Laboratory medicine, PCR, SARS-CoV-2
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