MI6, are the doctors in your area doing actual CV tests? Here they are only testing medical personnel and sever cases. Calling it CV after they rule out the flu and the common cold.
My niece is a nurse. Got this info from her. She went home sick today. Praying she is ok.
I don't know. Next time I'm picking up pt at a hospital I'll ask - most interactions are with RN's, LPN's and CNA's at pickup and dropoff.* It seems all these people are testing positive for CoVID-19 but no one is mentioning what kind of test, false positive rate etc.
* - the following has been enhanced but never happened anyway
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I
did call two DON's (Director of Nursing - the head honcho - La Jefa 's in this case) at two of the SNF's (Skilled Nursing Facilities - pronounced 'snif') after getting a call from [largest non-profit health system in the state]
Corporate asking:
C: Are you accepting COVID-19 positive patient transports or CoVID-19 pending results patients from hospital to facilities?
Me: Ummmm ... good question. What's the latest on how contagious this thing is? Is it like the seasonal flu?
C: I don't know. We're
Corporate.
Me: Well, maybe if we tasked one van only handling these 'possibles'.
C: OK, we'll put you down as a possible transport provider.
Me: Well, mayb.. [click].
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After this I immediately called the DON's if they accepted COVID pt's and if I were to transport a pt with COVID-positive to a facility
then pick up one of their pt's in same van would it be OK? It was basically 'Not only NO, but HELL NO." These SNiF's are around 99 bed facilities - no problem accepting 'Contact Precaution' pt's - C-Diff, MRSA, VRE (rare). They are 'one-stop shops' - you have your long-term folks - they are living there, then you have my pt's I bring back for PT (physical rehab - car wrecks, strokes, infections that need IV antibiotics), OT (outpatient therapy) and another acronym I can't think of.
But the S will HTF if just one resident tests positive for CV - i.e. media etc. - it's a very serious PR thing with these facilities now.
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Enough acronyms! Quiz your niece nxt time: What does 'PRN' stand for - the actual Latin! Also 'NPO', the full names of MRSA, C-DIff - this is what I look up on smart phone while waiting for removal of PICC lines, central lines etc. - no one ever knows! They just know what it means which is all that really matters, but still - PRN = 'as needed', usually related to oxygen flow from a tank in Liters per minute (LPM), NPO = 'nothing by mouth' etc.
Next time someone asks you "Why do you have 5000 rnds of ammo?" Just tell them, "PRN."
"Pro re nata is a Latin phrase meaning in the circumstances or as the circumstance arises (literally "for the thing born").[1] It is commonly used in medicine to mean as needed or as the situation arises."