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Should pathologists, technicians, and other behind-the-scenes staff who run COVID-19 tests be among the first to receive COVID-19 vaccines even though most don t have direct patient contact?
Yes, according to panelists from the College of American Pathologists at a media briefing Wednesday.
The briefing focused mainly on the broad range of challenges facing the laboratory community, such as reagent shortages and increased testing throughput. During one portion, however, speakers discussed risks faced personally by pathologists and technicians the tens of thousands of people who process specimens, maintain equipment, and manage testing supplies in the heat of the pandemic, but do so namelessly and unseen.