{"id":32197,"date":"2020-07-22T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/covid-19-surge-overwhelms-labs-causing-slowdown-in-return-of-test-results\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T18:42:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T15:42:00","slug":"covid-19-surge-overwhelms-labs-causing-slowdown-in-return-of-test-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-19-surge-overwhelms-labs-causing-slowdown-in-return-of-test-results\/","title":{"rendered":"#COVID-19 surge overwhelms labs causing slowdown in return of test results"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#COVID-19 surge overwhelms labs causing slowdown in return of test results<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 22, 2020 |<\/span> 11:42am |<\/span> Updated July 22, 2020 | 12:58pm<\/span><\/p>\n

\n Sick Americans are facing long waits for coronavirus test results with labs overwhelmed by the massive surge in infections across the country, medical testing executives say.<\/p>\n

Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, two of the nation\u2019s biggest clinical lab operators, say they can\u2019t add testing capacity fast enough to keep up with the breakneck pace at which COVID-19 is spreading.<\/p>\n

The resulting backlog means some patients have to wait more than a week to learn whether they have the virus \u2014 delays that may not improve until the disease gets under control, according to the companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need all states to ensure that we\u2019re doing everything we can to better control the virus,\u201d LabCorp CEO Adam Schechter told CNBC on Tuesday. \u201cIf we can do that, then we\u2019ll be able to have the tests that we need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both LabCorp and Quest say they can turn around tests for hospitalized COVID-19 patients in about one or two days. But LabCorp is taking three to five days on average to return results to anyone outside of a hospital even though it can run 165,000 tests per day, Schechter told CNBC.<\/p>\n

Quest\u2019s average turnaround time for such patients is more than seven days, though it can vary from just a couple days to as long as two weeks, according to a Monday news<\/a> release. The company says it has the capacity to perform 130,000 diagnostic tests a day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would double our capacity tomorrow\u2009\u2026\u2009but it\u2019s not the labs that are the bottleneck,\u201d Quest executive vice president James Davis told the Financial Times. \u201c[It] is our ability to get physical machines and, more importantly, our ability to feed those machines with chemical reagents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both firms reportedly fear the backlogs could worsen in the fall, when demand for testing could increase further as kids return to school and the seasonal flu rears its sniffly head.<\/p>\n

Quest won\u2019t be able to double its relevant testing capacity in the next three months ahead of flu season, Davis told the Financial Times. He added that \u201cother solutions need to be found\u201d aside from the nasal swab tests like those used to detect both the coronavirus and the flu.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe we have to be really thoughtful as we go into the fall. I am concerned about it. But we have to look at it holistically,\u201d Schechter told CNBC. \u201c\u2026 We have to do tests, and we have to have the turnaround time in two to three days to have effective ability to track and trace people that are sick, or have been exposed to people.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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