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Short Report

Laboratory Surge Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Incident Command System Approach

Han-Ni Chuang1 Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, 407204, Taiwan
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Chien-Hung Shih1 Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, 407204, Taiwan
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Hung-Wen Tsai2 Medical Administration Department, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, 47204, Taiwan
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Rong-San Jiang1 Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, 407204, Taiwan
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Tzu-Hung Hsiao2 Medical Administration Department, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, 47204, Taiwan;3 Department of Public Health, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, 24205, Taiwan;4 Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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Po-Yu Liu5 Division of Infection, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, 47204, TaiwanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8006-4917
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Yee-Jee Jan6 Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, 407, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Jiunn-Min Wang6 Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, 407, Taiwan
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Pages 1083-1088 | Published online: 11 May 2022

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