Laboratory support during initial activation of a High Consequences Infectious Diseases Unit

Clinical metagenomics applied to swabs, fluid, tissues, and blood, has potential to provide rapid answers for individual patients and clinicians, while also providing data for surveillance to identify new and emerging pathogens of public-health concern. This talk will present progress developing workflows for viral, bacterial, and fungal organisms to support a High Consequences Infectious Unit based in an inner-city hospital serving a diverse and globally connected multi-cultural community.