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Behind Closed Doors
Title (Dublin Core)
Behind Closed Doors
Description (Dublin Core)
Beyond the ERs, ORs, and ICUs, there is another region of the hospital that is directly impacted by the pandemic- the lab. As a medical technologist working in clinical microbiology, I, along with my colleagues, have been processing hundreds of patient specimens and conducting various SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests 24/7 to aid in the diagnosis of COVID-19. At one point, during the beginning of the NYC outbreak, we were processing samples from all five boroughs, Westchester, and the lower Hudson Valley. We were the first human beings to view those results as they came out of the machine and saw the patterns unfold before everyone else. It is an eerie feeling to be working in a quiet lab when you feel this immense gravity of the vast storm looming overhead- knowing that every sample you process has a story and a life behind it and that your results are the thunder that reverberates beyond your four walls and out into the world itself- echoes that strike like lightning, illuminating the thin line between life and death.
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Contributor (Dublin Core)
Type (Dublin Core)
Photograph
Source (Dublin Core)
Scenes from a Pandemic, New York Magazine
Publisher (Dublin Core)
New York Magazine
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Healthcare
English
Science
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
04/29/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
05/08/2020
12/04/2020
Accrual Method (Dublin Core)
3456