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ing kits here:
osmag.net/YBehR3.
After we determined
we could make the
kits, the hard part was
keeping up with the
demand. We started
with 14 volunteers
from different depart-
ments within our
organization. Nurses,
physicians, techs,
administrators and
even staff from the
data analytics depart-
ment teamed up to
assemble the kits by
hand and place the
materials into one biohazard bag at a time.
Before long, word spread and more staff volunteered to help out.
When we were at our peak, the entire group operated like a well-oiled
machine. In the end, we created more than 176,000 test kits from
scratch.
Karen Maloney, MSN, RN, CASC
Korie Enscoe, MSN, RN
Allegheny Health Network
Pittsburgh, Pa.
karen.maloney@ahn.org
korie.enscoe@ahn.org
RAW MATERIALS AHN staff assembled more than 176,000 test kits from scratch.
Allegheny
Health
Network