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ArticleAcademic pathology

Pathology Informatics and Robotics Strategies for Improving Efficiency of COVID-19 Pooled Testing.

Balaji Balasubramani, Kimberly J Newsom, Katherine A Martinez, Petr Starostik, Michael Clare-Salzler, Srikar Chamala

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Article in Academic pathology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Balaji BalasubramaniDepartment of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Kimberly J NewsomDepartment of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Katherine A MartinezDepartment of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Petr StarostikDepartment of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Michael Clare-SalzlerDepartment of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Srikar ChamalaDepartment of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6367-7615

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global rise of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic resulted in an exponentially increasing demand for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 testing, which resulted in shortage of reagents worldwide. This shortage has been further worsened by screening of asymptomatic populations such as returning employees, students, and so on, as part of plans to reopen the economy. To optimize the utilization of testing reagents and human resources, pool testing of populations with low prevalence has emerged as a promising strategy. Although pooling is an effective solution to reduce the number of reagents used for testing, the process of pooling samples together and tracking them throughout the entire workflow is challenging. To be effective, samples must be tracked into each pool, pool-tested and reported individually. In this article, we address these challenges using robotics and informatics.

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clinical laboratory information systemscoronavirus disease 2019medical informaticspathologypool testingsevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

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PMID34189259
PMCPMC8209787

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