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Are Satellite Laboratories Necessary?

C. George Ray, MD; Linda L. Minnich, MS

JAMA. 1982;247(9):1309-1310.

Abstract
The rates of detection of virus infections among all patients studied by a clinical virology laboratory during a 3 1/2-year period were analyzed to determine whether delays in specimen transport time of up to 24 hours influenced yields. No significant effects were found. The data suggest that regionalization of clinical virology services can be done without adversely affecting diagnostic sensitivity.

(JAMA 1982;247:1309-1310)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pathology (Dr Ray and Ms Minnich) and Pediatrics (Dr Ray), the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Pathology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ 85724 (Dr Ray).

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