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cord-296109-kco85lqn	Vanuytsel, Kim	Rapid Implementation of a SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic qRT-PCR Test with Emergency Use Authorization at a Large Academic Safety-Net Hospital	2020-05-19		.txt	text/plain	2499	132	47	Furthermore, vulnerable populations such as those served by Boston Medical Center (BMC), the largest safety net hospital in New England, represent a high-risk group across multiple dimensions, including a higher prevalence of pre-existing conditions and substance use disorders, lower health maintenance, unstable housing, and a propensity for rapid community spread, highlighting the urgent need for expedient and reliable in-house testing. In the United States, significant delays in the rapid development and distribution of diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection have prevented adequate COVID-19 patient care and public health management of the pandemic (Sharfstein et al., 2020) , impacting the timely mapping of the dynamics of viral spread in the general population, and more topically, the conservation of personal protective equipment. Subsequently, we implemented a quantitative, real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR)-based assay to detect viral SARS-CoV-2 RNA from nasopharyngeal swabs, based on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the FDA for use with in-house testing of BMC patient samples ( Figure 1 ) (CDC, 2020; Wang et al., 2020a).	./cache/cord-296109-kco85lqn.txt	./txt/cord-296109-kco85lqn.txt