Articles Tagged With: testing
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Leverage In-House Resources, Work with Outside Labs to Streamline COVID-19 Testing Processes
Expanded testing capacity is crucial to fully understanding how broad the COVID-19 problem is in the United States. But how can providers reach that goal if there are not enough tests?
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Smaller EDs Should Treat Lower-Acuity Patients Outside the Hospital
A California-based hospital set up an area in its parking lot to screen for COVID-19. Many people who arrive are low acuity (i.e., looking for a test, showing no signs of the virus, and can be treated in their cars). Still, the facility is prepared to admit high-acuity patients who may need more complex care inside the facility.
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Prepare to Ramp Up Quickly, Treat All Patients as if They Have COVID-19
Prepare for a rapid escalation of cases as soon as evidence of community spread of COVID-19 emerges. At this point, assume everyone is carrying the virus, and act accordingly.
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Leveraging Hospital Incident Command to Battle COVID-19
Frontline providers battling COVID-19 in New York, where the outbreak may go down as the worst in the United States, share the latest updates and techniques that are paying dividends.
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Family Planning Centers Find Creative Ways to Provide Services During Pandemic
As elective and nonurgent procedures were cancelled or discouraged nationwide because of COVID-19, some reproductive health centers found creative ways to continue their services as safely as possible and to keep staff working during a period of low foot traffic.
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Implications of COVID-19 for Primary Care
Primary care physicians often are the first to communicate with potential COVID-19 patients. Without definitive testing, it is challenging to reliably provide an accurate differential diagnosis, but there is a developing list of signs and symptoms associated with COVID-19.
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Plaintiff Allegation: ‘I Should Have Been Tested’
Thousands of people have presented to emergency departments (EDs) with symptoms consistent with coronavirus. Not all have been tested for various reasons. Of those who were tested, some were discharged from the ED and never received the results. Of that group, some will die.
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Frontline Caregivers Work Through Fear and Anxiety to Respond to COVID-19 Outbreak
Providers across the country are racing to expand capacity and stretch their supplies of personal protective equipment and life-saving ventilators.
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FDA, U.S. Labs Team Up on COVID-19 Testing
Officials race against the clock to rapidly close the gap on kit shortages.
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CDC Broadens Testing to Include More Patients
As more COVID-19 tests become available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is broadening its criteria to test more symptomatic patients — regardless of travel history or a known exposure to another case.