Cooperación diagnóstica de emergencia en la pandemia COVID-19
- José Manuel Bautista 1
- Javier Arroyo 1
- Lucía de Juan 1
- José A. Escudero 1
- Sergio González 1
- Bruno González-Zorn 1
- Luis M. Ortega-Mora 1
- Eva Resel 1
- Celia Sánchez Ramos 1
- José C. Segovia 2
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Fundación Jiménez Díaz
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ISSN: 2253-7244
Year of publication: 2020
Volume: 23
Issue: 94
Pages: 25-41
Type: Article
More publications in: Profesión veterinaria
Abstract
In recent months we have experienced an exceptional health situation in which the appearance of a new highly communicable pathogen has collapsed the health and surveillance systems of many countries. In the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear that effective management of this crisis required information on the infective status of the population. Faced with the evident saturation of the diagnostic capacity of our country, an initiative to support the health system was born at the UCM Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, which crystallizes in the form of a network of laboratories dedicated to carrying out PCR tests for detection of the SARS-CoV virus. -2. Its activity is focused on the most vulnerable group in our region: the elderly in nursing homes in the Community of Madrid. After three months of work, the information provided by the network has contributed to the correct epidemiological management of these centers, helping health workers to prevent new infections and, ultimately, to save lives. This is the story of how a group of researchers from different branches they unselfishly come together to support a healthcare system subjected to an unexpected and extreme level of demand with a single goal in mind: to help.