Decentralised COVID-19 molecular point-of-care testing: lessons from implementing a primary care-based network in remote Australian communities

Belinda Hengel; Rebecca J. Guy; Dawn Casey; Lorraine Anderson; Kirsty Smith; Kelly Andrewartha; Tanya D. Applegate; Amit Saha; Philip Cunningham; Lucas DeToca; William D. Rawlinson; Marianne Martinello; Annie Tangey; Prital Patel; Mark D.S. Shephard; Susan Matthews; Louise Causer

doi:10.5694/mja2.52589

Decentralised COVID-19 molecular point-of-care testing: lessons from implementing a primary care-based network in remote Australian communities

Belinda Hengel^*
, Rebecca J. Guy
, Dawn Casey
, Lorraine Anderson
, Kirsty Smith
, Kelly Andrewartha
, Tanya D. Applegate
, Amit Saha
, Philip Cunningham
, Lucas DeToca
, William D. Rawlinson
, Marianne Martinello
, Annie Tangey
, Prital Patel
, Mark D.S. Shephard
, Susan Matthews
, Louise Causer

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	172-178
Number of pages	7
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	222
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52589
Publication status	Published - 3 Mar 2025
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Community health services
Healthcare disparities
Respiratory tract infections
Rural health services

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Hengel, B., Guy, R. J., Casey, D., Anderson, L., Smith, K., Andrewartha, K., Applegate, T. D., Saha, A., Cunningham, P., DeToca, L., Rawlinson, W. D., Martinello, M., Tangey, A., Patel, P., Shephard, M. D. S., Matthews, S., & Causer, L. (2025). Decentralised COVID-19 molecular point-of-care testing: lessons from implementing a primary care-based network in remote Australian communities. Medical Journal of Australia, 222(4), 172-178. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52589

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