CDC COVID-19 Test Kits, 2020

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CDC COVID-19 Test Kits, 2020

Date

2020

Description

In a rush to provide testing to health care centers across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unfortunately released faulty kits, like the ones displayed here. The error was quickly discovered by the labs of UNMC and Nebraska Medicine, who worked with the CDC to remedy the issue.

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4.12.14

Rights

Donated by Peter C. Iwen, PhD, director of the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory, from the McGoogan Health Sciences Library Special Collections and Archives

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