SHORTAGES in Clinical Testing Labs

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Interesting and astonishing info about clinical lab shortages:

73% have a shortage of commercial testing kits for SARS-CoV-2

65% of labs have a shortage of non-COVID-19 testing supplies for detection of routine bacteria (bacteria causing strep throat, pneumonia, bronchitis, urinary tract infections)

70.8% of labs have a shortage of supplies for detecting sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

17.6% have a shortage of supplies for mycobacteria testing (tuberculosis (TB), Buruli ulcer, and pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease)

50% of labs have a shortage of routine fungal testing supplies (superficial, localized skin conditions to deeper tissue infections to serious lung, blood (septicemia) or systemic diseases)