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cord-330721-hmnrnem6	Chambliss, Allison B	Contingency planning in the clinical laboratory: lessons learned amidst COVID-19	2020-04-21		.txt	text/plain	1248	84	55	The laboratory should begin contingency planning by assessing baseline operational status, which benches can be offered less frequently (batched as sample stability allows), which can be closed altogether, and the resultant minimum number of staff required to support emergent testing ( Tests that will need to be maintained include complete blood counts, metabolic panels, routine coagulation, troponin, liver function tests, blood gases, and inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein, lactate dehydrogenase, and procalcitonin (4, 5) . In times of particularly critical shortages of staff and/or reagents, with proper agreement of hospital leadership and use of mass notification mechanisms, non-emergent tests could be temporarily masked from providers in the test ordering system and eliminate the laboratory from receiving them in the first place. Using the Chemistry section as an example, a similar contingency planning tool can be used across core clinical lab specialties to assess benches/testing that can be performed depending upon available staffing.	./cache/cord-330721-hmnrnem6.txt	./txt/cord-330721-hmnrnem6.txt