Silverman Symposium: Keynote Speakers, Cilnical Microbiology Faculty Arnaout and Kirby, Discuss Diagnostic Innovations in Our COVID response

Keynote Address Silverstein Symposium.   Link to Talk by Kirby and Arnaout: Innovating out of Crisis: Rising to the Laboratory-Diagnostic Challenges of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic at BIDMC.  Start at 1 hour 15 minutes 30 seconds.

Highlights Include:  Discussion of Limits of Detection, Distribution of Viral Loads in Patients from March through June 2020, Reproducibility of Patient Sampling, 3-D Printed Swab Initiative Serving Acute Needs and Leading to the National Swab of Belgium, Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration!!!!