OHSU rises to meet testing challenge

Low-barrier mobile testing sites provide community service amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Erik Robinson July 29, 2020 Portland, Oregon

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Sally Gray helps control traffic at OHSU's COVID-19 testing site at the Portland Expo Center, June 26, 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Hillsboro drive-thru COVID-19 testing

Nurses Laura Small, left, and Katie Sandvick, screen a patient to determine if they should be tested for COVID-19, at the OHSU drive-through testing site set up at Gordon Faber Recreation Center in Hillsboro, March 24, 2020. The site is for OHSU patients who have been directed by their health care provider to get tested and for first responders with COVID-19 symptoms. OHSU plans to expand testing when more supplies become available. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

EXPO drive-up COVID-19 testing

Ellen Larson takes patient information at OHSU's COVID-19 testing site at the Portland Expo Center, June 26, 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

EXPO drive-up COVID-19 testing

Medical assistant Dylan Cumbo, left, packages up a test at OHSU's COVID-19 testing site at the Portland Expo Center, June 26, 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

EXPO drive-up COVID-19 testing

Medical assistant Katey Cloonan at OHSU's COVID-19 testing site at the Portland Expo Center, June 26, 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

EXPO drive-up COVID-19 testing

Medical assistant Katey Cloonan at OHSU's COVID-19 testing site at the Portland Expo Center, June 26, 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

EXPO drive-up COVID-19 testing

OHSU's COVID-19 testing site at the Portland Expo Center, June 26, 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

EXPO drive-up COVID-19 testing

Dylan Cumbo, left, and Katey Cloonan don fresh PPE as they prepare to test another person at OHSU's COVID-19 testing site at the Portland Expo Center, June 26, 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

EXPO drive-up COVID-19 testing

OHSU's COVID-19 testing site at the Portland Expo Center, June 26, 2020. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

Hillsboro drive-thru COVID-19 testing

Medical assistant Nhat Nguyen walks away from the testing tent at the OHSU drive-through testing site, set up at the Gordon Faber Recreation Center in Hillsboro, March 24, 2020. The site is for OHSU patients who have been directed by their health care provider to get tested and for first responders with COVID-19 symptoms. OHSU plans to expand testing when more supplies become available. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

Hillsboro drive-thru COVID-19 testing

Medical assistant Josh Bradburn (left) prepares to test a patient at OHSU's testing site at the Gordon Faber Recreation Center in Hillsboro, March 24, 2020. The site is for OHSU patients who have been directed by their health care provider to get tested and for first responders with COVID-19 symptoms. OHSU plans to expand testing when more supplies become available. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

Hillsboro drive-thru COVID-19 testing

Medical assistants Kasey Cookston, left, and Jillian Zalunardo package a COVID-19 sample at the OHSU drive-through testing site at the Gordon Faber Recreation Center in Hillsboro, March 24, 2020. The site is for OHSU patients who have been directed by their health care provider to get tested and for first responders with COVID-19 symptoms. OHSU plans to expand testing when more supplies become available. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

Hillsboro drive-thru COVID-19 testing

Medical assistant Jillian Zalunardo works with a patient being tested for COVID-19 at the OHSU drive-through testing site at the Gordon Faber Recreation Center in Hillsboro, March 24, 2020. The site is for OHSU patients who have been directed by their health care provider to get tested and for first responders with COVID-19 symptoms. OHSU plans to expand testing when more supplies become available. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

Hillsboro drive-thru COVID-19 testing

Medical assistants Tia-Marie Sconzo, left, and Josh Bradburn work together at the OHSU drive-through testing site at the Gordon Faber Recreation Center in Hillsboro, March 24, 2020. The site is for OHSU patients who have been directed by their health care provider to get tested and for first responders with COVID-19 symptoms. OHSU plans to expand testing when more supplies become available. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

Sorting donations

Matthew Kieselhorst checks for expiration dates as OHSU surgery staff sort through medical supply donations, organizing useful materials, March 27, 2020 at an OHSU storage facility. Many staff members whose regular work has been stopped due to the COVID-19 response have been working in the donation and supply distribution area. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

Sorting donations

OHSU surgery staff Heather Stolz, left, Andreea Ciudin, center, and Matthew Kieselhorst sort through medical supply donations, organizing useful materials, March 27, 2020 at an OHSU storage facility. Many staff members whose regular work has been stopped due to the COVID-19 response have been working in the donation and supply distribution area. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

Sorting donations

OHSU staff Tessa Ann Richards, left, and Morgan Macwhorter sort through medical supply donations, organizing useful materials, March 27, 2020 at an OHSU storage facility. Many staff members whose regular work has been stopped due to the COVID-19 response have been working in the donation and supply distribution area. Richards is physical therapist, and Macwhorter is an R.N. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

Donna Hansel, M.D., Ph.D.

Donna Hansel, M.D., Ph.D. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

COVID-19 lab

Taylor Jones processes COVID-19 tests, March 25, 2020. OHSU launched an in-house COVID-19 testing lab and plans to ramp up testing in the coming weeks. The lab was assembled through a collaboration of multiple research teams across OHSU. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff

COVID-19 lab

OHSU launched an in-house COVID-19 testing lab and plans to ramp up testing in the coming weeks. The lab was assembled through a collaboration of multiple research teams across OHSU. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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