BAO Lei, MI Yuanyuan, ZHU Liqun, HUANG Haiyan, ZHENG Lanping, ZHANG Yanhong, GU Su, WANG Yingying, CAI Zheyi, ZHUANG Ruo, CAO Songmei
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by high infectivity, long incubation period and inconspicuous or asymptomatic clinical symptoms in some cases. The confirmation or exclusion of COVID-19 is highly dependent on laboratory testing of the patient's biological specimens. How to collect COVID-19 related specimens in a standard, efficient, correct and safe manner is very important to improve the accuracy of detection results and reduce the incidence of nosocomial infection. Therefore, this paper interprets the expert consensus on COVID-19 patients' specimen collection for reference by clinical nurses.