Challenges amid COVID-19 times - Review of the changing practices in a clinical chemistry laboratory from a developing country

Authors

Sibtain Ahmed, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Lena Jafri, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Hafsa Majid, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Aysha Habib, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Farooq Ghani, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Imran Siddiqui, Aga Khan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Department

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Abstract

Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time. Compared with its neighbors China and Iran, which were rated as epi-centers of the outbreak, Pakistan has lower standards of health care, unstable economy and dearth of financial resources to tackle the outbreak. Like other institutes and industries in the country, clinical laboratories were succumbed to a variety of challenges. This article is based on the experience and adapted workflow measures from the Clinical Chemistry laboratory at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, which serves as a national referral center with its widespread network of satellite laboratories and phlebotomy centers across the country. It highlights the challenges faced and the appropriate responses to ensure the provision of diagnostic facilities during the COVID-19 outbreak. Furthermore, the lessons acquired and necessary preparations for the post crisis situation are also incorporated.

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Publication (Name of Journal)

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Recommended Citation

Ahmed, S., Jafri, L., Majid, H., Habib, A., Ghani, F., Siddiqui, I. (2020). Challenges amid COVID-19 times - Review of the changing practices in a clinical chemistry laboratory from a developing country. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 55, 300-304.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_pathol_microbiol/1252