Undoubtedly, the global pandemic caused by the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus has had a significant impact on Shared Resource Laboratories (SRL) operations worldwide. Unlike other crises (e.g., natural disasters, acts of war, or terrorism) which often result in a sudden and sustained cessation of scientific research usually affecting one or two cities at a time, this impact is being seen simultaneously in every SRL worldwide albeit to a varying degree. The alterations to SRL operations caused by the COVID‐19 pandemic can generally be divided into three categories: (1) complete shutdown, (2) partial shutdown, and (3) uninterrupted operations. In many cases, SRLs that remained partially or fully operational during the initial wave of global infections saw a concurrent increase in COVID‐19‐related research coming through their facilities. This forced SRLs to make rapid adjustments to core operations at the same time as infectious disease experts were still developing recommendations for the safety of frontline medical workers. Although many SRLs already had contingency plans in place, this pandemic has highlighted the importance of having such plans for continuity of service, if possible, during a crisis. Immediate changes have occurred in the way SRLs operate due to potential virus transmission and in line with this new “Best Practices” have been established, that is,social distancing, remote working, and technology‐based meetings and training. Many of these changes are likely to be in place for some time with the threat of further waves of infections toward the end of 2020 and into 2021. Some of these best practices, such as having many training resources recorded and available online, are likely to remain long‐term. Although many changes have been made in haste, these will alter the future operations of SRLs. In addition, we have learnt how to deal with future crises that may be encountered in the workplace. © 2020 The Authors. Cytometry Part A published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. on behalf of International Society for Advancement of Cytometry.

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共享资源实验室运营：2020年初始全球COVID‐19锁定期间所做的更改

毫无疑问，SARS-CoV-2病毒引起的全球大流行对全球共享资源实验室（SRL）的运营产生了重大影响。与其他危机（例如自然灾害，战争行为或恐怖主义）通常导致突然而持续的科学研究中断（通常一次影响一个或两个城市）不同，这种危机在世界范围内的每个SRL中都可以同时看到。程度不同。由COVID-19大流行引起的SRL操作更改通常可以分为三类：（1）完全关闭，（2）部分关闭和（3）不间断操作。在许多情况下，在全球感染的第一波期间仍然部分或完全运行的SRL会通过其设施同时增加与COVID-19相关的研究。由于传染病专家仍在为一线医务人员的安全提出建议，这迫使SRL迅速调整核心业务。尽管许多SRL已经制定了应急计划，但这种大流行凸显了在危机期间尽可能制定此类服务连续性计划的重要性。由于潜在的病毒传播，SRL的操作方式已经发生了立即变化，并且与新的“最佳实践”相一致，这是社交距离，远程工作以及基于技术的会议和培训。这些变化中的许多变化可能会持续一段时间，并有可能在2020年底和2021年之前进一步传播感染波。例如记录了很多培训资源并在线提供，很可能会长期存在。尽管匆忙进行了许多更改，但这些更改将改变SRL的未来操作。此外，我们还学习了如何应对工作场所中可能遇到的未来危机。©2020作者。细胞计数法A部分，由Wiley Periodicals LLC发布。代表国际细胞计量学进步学会。