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TexasTowelie

(111,288 posts)
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 01:07 AM Apr 2020

Mayo says it has capacity to deliver testing needed to reopen the economy

A day after Gov. Tim Walz set 5,000 COVID-19 daily diagnostic tests with ample antibody testing capacity as the benchmark required to reopen the state for business, Mayo Clinic says it is confident it will be able to help fulfill that volume of testing.

"As we open up the testing outside of Mayo Clinic we are prioritizing our colleagues here in the state to have access to that testing," said Dr. William Morice, chair of the Department of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Mayo Clinic, in an interview on Tuesday.

"We are currently in active discussions with the state government to try to understand how our capacity can help provide the testing needed, as other hospitals are as well."

Specifically, Morice said, the clinic had the ability to produce 8,000 molecular or diagnostic tests daily, and 10,000 serological tests. "Basically," he said, "we will be able to provide much of that to the state here going forward."

Read more: https://www.postbulletin.com/life/health/mayo-says-it-has-capacity-to-deliver-testing-needed-to-reopen-the-economy/article_108e688e-7eaa-11ea-8a5d-33b38e022854.html
(Rochester Post Bulletin)

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Mayo says it has capacity to deliver testing needed to reopen the economy (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2020 OP
K&R Blue Owl Apr 2020 #1
I hope we get to a place that we can grab one st CVS soon California_Republic Apr 2020 #2
I hope even more that they're accurate flamingdem Apr 2020 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author stopdiggin Apr 2020 #4
This. Bigly. n/t Beartracks Apr 2020 #7
what's the turn around time? stopdiggin Apr 2020 #5
Wifey received new tests at her lab. mwooldri Apr 2020 #8
and what about the reagent? nt Grasswire2 Apr 2020 #6
Trump's Likely Reaction: Sir Normie Apr 2020 #9
thank you! yankeepants Apr 2020 #10

Response to flamingdem (Reply #3)

stopdiggin

(11,089 posts)
5. what's the turn around time?
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 01:28 AM
Apr 2020

for results on someone tested in (we'll say) rural northern MN? (including getting samples to whatever lab they need to go to)

I'd like to consider this very promising news ... And, the numbers sound great!
But don't be blowing smoke up my bum ...

mwooldri

(10,291 posts)
8. Wifey received new tests at her lab.
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:15 AM
Apr 2020

Small-ish "rural" hospital (Reidsville NC). Got fifty (50) tests. Can turn around a result in 15-20 minutes. She was responsible for ensuring the tests work okay. The known samples from patients with Covid did test positive, the known negatives were negative, and the Quality Control (QC) tests passed.

Just need more supplies. Two machines, thus 8 tests per hour max.

Better than a couple of weeks ago when the hospital sent all their tests to LabCorp for processing with 3-5 day promised turnaround but in actuality done in 1 day.

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