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Research by the CAP Featured in CDC Paper on Laboratory Supply Shortages During Pandemic
A new paper published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology utilized survey data from the CAP to highlight the importance of laboratory supply chains and personnel to meet testing demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lead author of the article, “Pandemic Demand for SARS-CoV-2 Testing Has Led to Critical Supply and Workforce Shortages in US Clinical and Public Health Laboratories,” is Nancy E. Cornish, MD, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) medical officer who works in its Division of Laboratory Systems, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Systems.
The CAP issued a press release about the findings and how the CAP is working to address supply chain shortages by supporting the PREVENT Pandemics Act that Congress passed in 2022 and tracking related provisions in the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act reauthorization legislation that is currently being debated in Congress.