Welcome to Session 3: Diagnostics and Testing

This session will discuss the challenges the United States faced in diagnosing and testing for COVID-19. We will discuss the history of COVID-19 diagnostics, the shortage of diagnostic tests in the United States, and how the University of Washington’s Department of Laboratory Medicine responded to this major problem by introducing its own COVID-19 diagnostic test. We will also discuss who should be tested for the virus and how the testing criteria changed over time as more tests become available.

Learning Objectives

After completing this session, you will be able to:

Describe the challenges the United States had with the its diagnostic testing
Outline testing criteria for COVID-19 and explain how it changed over time

Guest Lecturers

Lucy Perrone, PhD

Assistant Professor, Global Health

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine

Director, Laboratory Systems Strengthening Team I-TECH

Director, Certificate Program in Laboratory Leadership and Management

Dr. Perrone is a public health laboratory advisor specialized in infectious disease diagnosis, surveillance and response, and laboratory capacity building in resource-limited countries. Dr. Perrone has years of experience in these areas and has worked in multiple countries worldwide since 2009. Her areas of expertise include infectious disease diagnosis and surveillance, laboratory systems and capacity building, and improving human resources for health. Dr. Perrone is skilled in infectious disease epidemiology, evaluation of infectious disease surveillance programs, quality assurance of laboratory testing, developing international guidelines for the prevention and control of infectious diseases, as well as the training and mentoring of medical laboratory staff. Dr. Perrone is currently the Director of the Certificate Program in Laboratory Leadership and Management at the University of Washington.

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Jehan Budak, MD

Acting Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases

Assistant Medical Director, Madison Clinic, Harborview Medical Center

HIV Pathway Director, UW Internal Medicine Residency

Dr. Budak's research interests include health professions education, specifically regarding HIV, graduate medical education, and the HIV clinical workforce.

Session (50 minutes)

If you missed the live session, watch the recording here.

Dr. Perrone slides

Dr. Budak slides

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Readings

Simon Collins - Rapid and point of care testing for SARS-CoV-2- 2020.