Lessons from the reestablishment of Public Health Laboratory activities in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017 and resulted in a complete loss of activity of the Public Health Laboratories. Here, the authors discuss the approach taken and tools developed to re-establish activity in these laboratories using a quality management system and the lessons learned in this pro...

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Main Authors: Margaret C. Hardy, Rita C. Stinnett, Kristine J. Kines, Danisha M. Rivera-Nazario, David E. Lowe, Alexandra M. Mercante, Nathalie Gonzalez Jimenez, Rosa I. Cuevas Ruiz, Héctor I. Rivera Arbolay, Rafael L. Gonzalez Peña, Mayra Toro, Alma A. Trujillo, Claudia L. Pappas, Anna C. Llewellyn, Francisco Candal, María Burgos Garay, Gerardo A. Gomez, Jeniffer Concepcion Acevedo, Marisela Ansbro, Hercules Moura, Michael W. Shaw, Atis Muehlenbachs, Lovisa C. Romanoff, Brittany J. Sunshine, Dale A. Rose, Anita Patel, Craig N. Shapiro, S. Carolina Luna-Pinto, Satish K. Pillai, Eduardo O’Neill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10776-y