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COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak: A Rapidly Deployable Medical Facility Optimized for Epidemics (Smart Pod)
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2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that healthcare providers perform screening tests on patients with symptoms of COVID-19 in an isolated room to protect other patients from potential exposure to the virus. The Smart Pod, a rapidly deployable medical facility that was designed in the wake of the Ebola virus, can serve as a biocontainment unit for airborne pathogens. This emergency solution has been developed by Baylor College of Medicine as a nimble, standardized...
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COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak: Performing a Nasal Swab Test on Patients inside a Rapidly Deployable Facility Optimized for Epidemics
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2020
While different types of diagnostic tests may be used to detect coronavirus disease, a nasopharyngeal swab test is the most common. The test must be performed by a trained healthcare provider. If cell culture is collected in a wrong manner, the diagnosis obtained may be incorrect. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that providers use a sterile dacron or rayon swab with a flexible, plastic shaft for deep nasal sampling. Cotton, calcium alginate swabs, or swabs with wooden sticks may...
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Deployment and Retrieval of Mineral Samplers
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2026
Many important reactive minerals are formed during in situ groundwater remediation; however, conventional drill core-based methods often present challenges in collecting these minerals. This article offers techniques for utilizing the Min-Trap, an innovative passive sampling device, to effectively collect and measure reactive minerals from conventional monitoring wells.
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Design and Construction of an Urban Runoff Research Facility
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2014
This paper describes the design, construction, and function of a 1,000 m2 facility containing 24 individual 33.6 m2 field plots equipped for measuring total runoff volumes with time and collection of runoff subsamples at selected intervals for quantification of chemical constituents in the runoff water from simulated home lawns.
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Field-Deployable Lens-Free Imaging Platform for Rapid Label-Free Analysis of Natural Killer Cell Activation
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2025
This protocol describes a label-free method for the rapid single-cell analysis of natural killer (NK) cell count and activity using lens-free shadow imaging technology. This method quantifies morphological changes in individual NK cells by computerized analysis of their diffraction patterns.
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Modular components shorten the transition from planning to clinical operation by allowing a site to be assembled from coordinated units rather than built as an entirely new permanent structure. Standardized layouts make those units easier to organize, while transportable equipment supports essential clinical functions at the deployment location. Together, these features help teams establish care capacity quickly and consistently.
Standardization provides an organized baseline for installation and clinical operations, reducing the need to create a new arrangement for every deployment. At the same time, the facility can be adapted to local needs. This balance allows a common deployment model to function in different circumstances while preserving the coordination and consistency required to deliver essential care during changing demand.
It strengthens resilience by reducing the interval between an emerging clinical need and the availability of organized patient care. The facility adds a coordinated combination of space, equipment, and installation processes that can respond when existing capacity is unavailable, damaged, or insufficient. This helps healthcare systems manage disruptions and sudden increases in demand more effectively.
A deployment process begins with designing the site around essential clinical functions and the needs of the intended location. Modular components and transportable equipment are then coordinated for assembly and installation. The final stage is making the site operational so it can provide organized care. Standardized layouts support continuity across these steps while still permitting local adaptation.
Transportable equipment helps supply the clinical functions required at a deployment location without relying entirely on permanent infrastructure already being present. Its mobility supports coordinated installation alongside modular facility components. In practice, this allows the assembled site to become operational as a functional care setting and helps align available equipment with the local requirements of the response.
These facilities are relevant when permanent infrastructure is unavailable, damaged, or unable to meet demand. Clinical planners may consider them during disease outbreaks, disasters, humanitarian emergencies, or sudden increases in patient volume. Their value lies in expanding treatment capacity under time pressure while providing a structured way to organize essential patient care around the circumstances of the affected location.