COVID-19: Diagnostic Testing and Challenges. Issue 4 (October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ogbebor, Osakpolor; Min, Zaw; Cheema, Tariq; Bhanot, Nitin
• Is Part Of: Critical care nursing quarterly. Volume 43:Issue 4(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-10
• Subjects: coronavirus -- CoVID-19 -- diagnosis -- pandemic -- SARS-CoV-2 -- testing; Critical care medicine -- Periodicals; Intensive care nursing -- Periodicals; Education, Nursing, Continuing -- Periodicals; Critical Care -- Periodicals; Emergencies -- Periodicals; 616.028
• DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0000000000000320
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0887-9303

Abstract

Abstract : Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. Following this, there has been a rapid development in policies and strategies to contain and mitigate the pandemic. One of such strategies involves the development and utilization of testing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative organism of COVID-19. In this article, we explore the diagnostic modalities for COVID-19 based on the available information to date.