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The Tampa Bay Times reported that most were from mid-June to mid-July, “when Florida was reporting record-high cases.” Most of the delayed results of the COVID-19 tests were more than two weeks old, and some were almost five months old, the DOH said. “When we became aware that we had not reported the data-once the missing information was completed-to state public health, we promptly informed the appropriate state authorities of the delayed reporting, provided the information on the specimens, and remedied our procedure.” The missing data “was maintained in a separate system outside our typical data reporting process to the state,” she said. We remain open to working with the state Department of Health to provide testing that meets the needs required for patient care and public health response.”Ī Quest spokesperson told WTLV-TV in Jacksonville that the glitch was related to missing contact information for some of the tested patients. The company added that it “has provided more COVID-19 testing on behalf of the citizens of Florida than any other laboratory and we believe we are well positioned to continue to effectively aid patient care and public health response for the state. “We apologize for this matter and regret the challenge it poses for public health authorities in Florida.” Still, “Quest Diagnostics takes seriously our responsibility to report laboratory data to public health authorities in a timely manner to aid pandemic response,” the company said. In a statement that described the delay as a “technical issue” involving a subset of the approximately 1.4 million test results reported to the State of Florida, Quest said the issue has been resolved and that it “did not affect or delay reporting of test results to providers and patients.” Quest Diagnostics Said, ‘Technical Issue’ Caused Delay in Reporting Click here to watch a video of the press briefing. Maybe we can’t go in-person schooling.”įlorida Governor Ron DeSantis (above) answers questions from reporters concerning COVID-19 reporting.

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“These labs know that their results are being used by people to determine the course of certain policies,” he said. As such I am directing all executive agencies to sever their COVID-19 testing relationships with Quest effective immediately.”ĭeSantis later elaborated during a Sept. I believe that Quest has abdicated their ability to perform a testing function in Florida that the people can be confident in. “To drop this much unusable and stale data is irresponsible. “The law requires all COVID-19 results to be reported to DOH in a timely manner,” DeSantis said in a statement following the announcement of his directives. The order also applies to the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM). The Florida Department of Health (DOH) announced the move in a press release. The medical laboratory giant provided the backlogged data in what the state described as an “unacceptable dump” that inflated the state’s case count and SARS-CoV-2 test positivity rate reported for August 31. Quest said a ‘technical issue’ had delayed reporting of test data to the state and claimed that patients and providers still received the results in a timely mannerįlorida Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered state agencies to cut ties with Quest Diagnostics due to delays in reporting nearly 75,000 COVID-19 clinical laboratory test results going back as far as April.