MADISON, Wis. — The Alliant Energy Center’s reopened COVID-19 testing operation has scaled up its capacity days ahead of schedule, Public Health Madison & Dane County said Wednesday. COVID-19 testing resumed at the Alliant Energy Center on Monday for the first time in six months. While the site began with a goal of 500 to 750 tests per day this.
The Alliant Energy Center's reopened COVID-19 testing operation has scaled up its capacity days ahead of schedule, Public Health Madison & Dane County said Wednesday.
Notable Women in Human Resources: Deidre Metzger
Director of human resources , Accelerated Analytical Laboratories
Jan 29, 2021 12:44 pm
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Undergrad degree/university: Bachelors of Science/UW-Stevens Point
As the director of human resources for Accelerated Analytical Laboratories, Deidre Metzger, championed the effort to hire more than 300 employees across Wisconsin to aid in the company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The massive amount of COVID-19 testing during the pandemic led to exponential growth for the company, which necessitated rapid, creative and out-of-the-box thinking to handle it.
Accelerated Analytical Laboratories and Accelerated Clinical Laboratories both benefit from human resources programs that needed to be rapidly adapted to handle a team of this size.
Contact 6 test: How much bacteria is on your mask?
How much bacteria is on your mask? Contact 6 gets answers
Accelerated Clinical Laboratories has a state contract for coronavirus testing and tested Contact 6 s mask samples. None tested positive for COVID-19, but they did offer a wide range of bacterial microbes.
MILWAUKEE - Wearing a mask is part of our daily routine amid the coronavirus. Many of us wear reusable masks. Contact 6 wanted to know what bacteria may be lingering inside our masks and whether it s harmful.
In Milwaukee, our team approached 20 strangers and asked for permission to swab the insides of their masks. Their specimen was tested by Accelerated Clinical Labs.