write a short paper related to a current issue in laboratory management. This assignment focuses on how laboratory managers can respond to and plan for the unexpected. Scenario: A pandemic has broken out in your local community. You are a department manager in a medium-sized local hospital laboratory. (Not a large clinical reference laboratory). You must provide clinical diagnostic testing services to your local community in support of the health system. Upper management has asked its department-level managers to implement a brand-new screening test for the virus responsible for the infection (just approved under an Emergency Use authorization). Two specimens will be collected from each patient. The first specimen will be used to perform the screening test at your facility. If the screening test is positive, the second specimen will be sent out to a larger clinical reference laboratory for confirmation. Instructions: First: Evaluate the scenario described. Select one area of the laboratory whose perspective you will write about as a department manager. Choose from the following areas: Sample Transport and Specimen Receiving Supply Chain Client Services Laboratory Information Management Systems Human Resources Technical Operations (think individual department-level - scheduling, work flow, personnel, equipment, etc.) Finance and Budget Compliance and Regulatory Issues

What immediate problems do you expect to encounter? (For this assignment, immediate is defined as the first month). What immediate actions will you need to take? Give examples of specific things you will do. Q2. What longer-term problems do you expect to encounter? (For this assignment, longer-term is defined as the next 6 months). What actions will you need to take to be prepared? Give examples of specific things you will do. Q3. What role will communication play in implementing your response to the problems you have identified? Consider communication within the laboratory and with other stakeholders outside the laboratory.