COVID-19 Drive-Through Testing Implementation across the Mayo Clinic Enterprise
The Transmission of COVID-19 significantly increased across the United States and globally in the spring of 2020. The pandemic escalated the need for drive through testing at Mayo Clinic to reduce the spreading of COVID-19 in the clinical setting.Other institutions across the country achieved success by implementing drive-through processes to collect COVID-19 specimens for testing. To align strategies across the enterprise, Mayo’s Health Incident Command System (HICS) recommended standing up drive-through collection sites in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota.