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19 of the country’s 21 regions have a shortage of biomedical analysts, who are the laboratory personnel who analyze corona tests. Stock Photography.
Almost all Swedish regions, 19 out of 21, have a shortage of biomedical analysts, who analyze covid-19 tests.
– Has adversely affected testability. This is one of several reasons why we have had difficulty reaching the desired levels on several occasions, Claes Ruth, who is a test coordinator and functions manager at the Karolinska University Laboratory in Solna, tells Swedish Radio Ekot. .
Even before the corona pandemic occurred, regions reported having too few biomedical analysts, and according to the Swedish Health Association, the shortage is a bottleneck that makes it difficult for regions to keep up with all samples during fall.
– We didn’t even have time to register the samples. The whole fridge was full of samples. It quickly turned into an escalating situation that we couldn’t handle, Tina Dahlman, Dalarna’s chief security representative, tells radio.
