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- Gov. Newsom announces collaboration with 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 San Diego to establish high-throughput testing hubs
- 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis capacity: about 400 tests daily, with near-term plan to expand to some 1,000 tests per day and possibly more
- 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Health now posting a daily dashboard with testing volume and results from all five 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 medical centers
After steadily increasing its own coronavirus testing capacity, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health is now collaborating with the state to quickly and significantly boost California鈥檚 testing capacity, as announced Saturday (April 4) by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Dean Allison Brashear of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis School of Medicine said the university 鈥渋s pleased to partner with Gov. Newsom on this important effort to increase testing capacity for Northern Californians.鈥
鈥淭he experts in our medical school鈥檚 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and other disciplines have worked together to enable 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis School of Medicine to contribute meaningfully to the governor鈥檚 priorities and the public health needs of the state.鈥
Newsom made the announcement at a coronavirus briefing where he also said he had established a COVID-19 Testing Task Force. Nam Tran, associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and senior director of clinical pathology in charge of COVID-19 testing at 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health, represents 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis on the task force.
The governor announced testing collaborations with the following:
- 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 San Diego Health, to establish high throughput testing hubs.
- Stanford Medicine, as it launches the first serology test invented in California.
- Abbott Laboratories, to deploy the first rapid point-of-care test across 13 health care delivery systems and 75 sites.
The governor also announced the launch of a new website, , to get critical medical supplies to the front lines of California鈥檚 fight against COVID-19. The website allows individuals and companies to donate, sell or offer to manufacture 13 of the most essential medical supplies, including ventilators, N95 respirators and testing materials.
鈥淭hese actions marshal the generosity and innovative spirit of Californians to help us achieve two essential goals: getting more lifesaving supplies into our health care system and increasing our testing capacity,鈥 Newsom said.
400 tests a day
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health began expanding testing capacity in December and, as of April 6, had the capacity to run about 400 tests daily, with same-day results for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis patients. The Clinical Laboratory plans to expand into a high-volume testing hub shortly, to run some 1,000 tests per day, and possibly more, with the necessary reagents for test processing.
Priority for coronavirus testing is usually given to people who are in close contact with someone with COVID-19, develop symptoms of COVID-19 or reside in a 鈥渉ot spot鈥 community that has ongoing spread of infection.
People who meet these criteria are encouraged to call their health care providers to discuss their symptoms and exposure. Medical providers are equipped to best determine who needs the test. There is no treatment for COVID-19 and people who are mildly ill may be able to isolate and care for themselves at home.
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新澳门六合彩内幕信息 HEALTH DASHBOARD
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Monday (April 6), 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Health began distributing a dashboard to be updated daily with data on SARS-CoV-2 testing volume, the number of positive tests and age distribution of confirmed cases gathered from its five medical centers across the state.
Led by Atul Butte, chief data scientist and the director of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Health鈥檚 Center for Data-Driven Insights and Innovation, or CDI2, the dashboard unifies testing information on patients at each of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 academic health centers 鈥 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Irvine, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 San Diego and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 San Francisco 鈥 as well as externally performed tests for 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 patients.
The high-level dashboard will help the university, and state and federal officials understand the rate of increase in cases and geographic spread in near real time, to aid in decision making and planning.
Carrie L. Byington, an infectious disease expert who serves as executive vice president of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Health, said: 鈥淩eal-time data is critical to the practice of medicine today. By drawing on our deep and knowledgeable data science experts across the university we are able to rapidly build and launch this reporting tool. It is critical information to create transparency on key pandemic-related trends in the state.
鈥淲e鈥檙e uniquely positioned with our academic health centers located across the state to give public health and elected officials the visibility they need for responding to this pandemic.鈥
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