Drive-through testing in COVID-19: experience from NHS Lothian

The growing epidemic of SARS-CoV-2 challenges healthcare resources globally and mandates innovation. We describe our novel drive-through coronavirus testing which we used for testing of possible cases in the contain phase of UK response and are now using for healthcare worker testing. We found that...

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Published in:Clinical medicine (London, England) England), 2020-05, Vol.20 (3), p.290-291
Main Authors: Hill, Katherine, Campbell, Robyn, Mutch, Callum, Koch, Oliver, Mackintosh, Claire
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Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 diagnostic tests
COVID-19 rapid report
Disease transmission
Epidemics
health economics
Infectious diseases
innovation
Personal protective equipment
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
testing
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Personal protective equipment
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