>> GUNDERSEN HEALTH SYSTEM IN
LA CROSSE HAS DEVELOPED THEIR
OWN TEST FOR COVID-19.
PARENTS NOPATIENTS NO LONGER HAVE TO WAIT
DAYS FOR RESULTS.
>> WE CAN TURN AROUND THE
RESULTS WITHIN 24 HOURS.
YOU'RE GETTING VERY REALTIME
RESULTS OF THE NUMBER OF CASES
THAT WE'RE SEEING.
>> TO INCREASE TESTING CAPACITY,
THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
ISSUED AN EMERGENCY POLICY IN
FEBRUARY ALLOWING LABS TO
DEVELOP THEIR OWN COVID-19
TESTS.
GUNDERSEN'S RESEARCH LAB
FINALIZED THEIRS LAST WEEK.
WITH AN ASSIST FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF
COLLABORATIONS WITH PEOPLE AT
GUNDERSEN, SO ANYTHING WE COULD
DO TO GET MORE TESTS IN THE
COMMUNITY BENEFITS EVERYONE.
>> THE UNIVERSITY'S BIOLOGY,
MICROBIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
DEPARTMENTS DONATED IMPORTANT
SUPPLIES THAT ALLOW GUNDERSEN'S
LAB TO PRODUCE THOUSANDS OF
TESTS, HOPING IT WILL HELP FIGHT
COMMUNITY SPREAD.
PEOPLE WITH THE VIRUS CAN BE
QUARANTINED.
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE THE KEY TO
SLEG
SLOWING DOWN THIS VIRUS.
>> GUNDERSEN HAS RECEIVED CALLS
FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY ABOUT
THEIR IN-HOUSE TEST.
GUNDERSEN DOCTORS ARE ENCOURAGED
ABOUT GETTING RAPID RESULTS.
>> WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW, I'M
NOT SURE THERE'S A PLACE IN THE
UNITED STATES I'DE THAN
IN COULEE COUNTRY WITH THE FOLKS
WE HAVE AND THE ABILITY WE HAVE
TO TAKE THIS ON.
>> THAT WAS TREVOR KELLER
REPORTING.
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