Rapid deployment of SARS-CoV-2 testing: The CLIAHUB
Fig 1
(A) Counties served by CLIAHUB and the growth of testing volume over the first 120 days of operation. The most frequent users of testing at CLIAHUB were the surrounding Bay Area counties; however, outlying areas, such as Placer and Lassen, were also frequent users despite the distance. (B) CLIAHUB testing workflow and approximate timing are shown on normalized to a single sample, for preanalytical (blue), analytical (red), and postanalytical (green/yellow). The time to process a batch of 84 samples was approximately 6.7 h, including preanalytical and postanalytical steps. Median TAT was 24 h, highlighting the variability in extrinsic factors not under laboratory control, such as medical courier delivery times. qPCR, quantitative polymerase chain reaction; TAT, turnaround time.