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Who is doing all those COVID-19 tests? Why you should care about medical laboratory professionals

  • Written by Rodney E. Rohde, Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
imageA laboratory technician wearing full personal protective equipment handles live samples taken from people tested for the coronavirus.ANDREW MILLIGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Who do you think performs your medical laboratory tests for COVID-19 or any other test? If you answered “my doctor” or “my nurse” or a robot, you would...

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