Autopsy Services and Emergency Preparedness of a Tertiary Academic Hospital Mortuary for the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: The Yale Plan
McGuone D, Sinard J, Gill JR, Masters A, Liu C, Morotti R, Parkash V. Autopsy Services and Emergency Preparedness of a Tertiary Academic Hospital Mortuary for the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: The Yale Plan. Advances In Anatomic Pathology 2020, 27: 355-362. PMID: 32649315, DOI: 10.1097/pap.0000000000000274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemicSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemicHealth care worker safetyCoronavirus 2 pandemicCOVID-19 public health emergencyHigh-quality patient carePublic health emergencyCorona Virus DiseaseEarly response phaseInfection controlPatient careTissue retrievalAutopsy serviceMortuary servicesHospital mortuaryAutopsiesHealth emergencyPatient flowNovel diseaseVirus diseasePlateau phaseDiseasePandemicRecent memoryEmergency preparednessAn Analysis of the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Case Volumes in an Academic Subspecialty-Based Anatomic Pathology Practice
Sinard JH. An Analysis of the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Case Volumes in an Academic Subspecialty-Based Anatomic Pathology Practice. Academic Pathology 2020, 7: 2374289520959788. PMID: 33088911, PMCID: PMC7545513, DOI: 10.1177/2374289520959788.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubspecialty servicesInpatient censusSARS-CoV-2 testingPre-pandemic volumeAnatomic pathology practicePre-pandemic levelsCase volumeMain hospitalsCytology specimensSpecimen volumeHealth systemPathology practiceSignificant decreaseGynecologic cytologyGranular fashionSignificant increaseCOVID-19 pandemicNumber of peopleWeeksSpecimen typesHome directivesPandemicClinical operationsCOVID pandemicTurnaround time