Originally Posted by dlundblad
Originally Posted by ZeeOSix
Originally Posted by Ws6
Originally Posted by ZeeOSix
I'm betting that many people working in hospitals with CV patients are getting routine tests to see if anyone is catching it, regardless if they have symptoms or not.
Another thing is most health care workers who have contracted CV were most likely not wearing N95 or other correct PPE in the early days when it hid hard. Many of them catching it at work could very well be in the beginning when this was all unfolding and proper precautions weren't being used or followed correctly. It would be hard to get collect accurate data from what was going on in the beginning, but would be easier to collect data right now knowing more about CV.
Why? That's expensive. It can only cost money.
Also, incubation period makes it impossible to know where one caught it, very nearly.
It's not that expensive. ... if it was, there wouldn't have been the millions of tests already done on people. New test methods are being developed quickly. If you were working in an environment where you were surrounded by infected people don't you think it would be wise to do some routine testing on health care workers?
Maybe everyone should just ignore CV and not take any precautions and let it "do it's thing".
Nobody is ignoring anything.
Rest assured, hospitals aren't taking random tests on healthcare workers if there's no reason to do so. Maybe in NYC, but certainly not the rest of the nation.
Last I knew, 2 there's methods of testing with 1 method being highly unreliable. I'm not sure on their prices, but I am guessing the reliable method is still short supply as more and more patients are being tested.
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I'm at one of a group of hospitals within "our" system statewide and beyond.
Not being on the medical side, I don't need to be at the face / patient areas and I can't speak to exact procedures., testing, accountability and mindset here. I used to have reason but not "essential need" to be in the staff or patient areas at times but that changed as this progressed. I'm away from the inflow. I'd have to guess that every test is accounted for and staff at work showing or feeling symptoms would start with a temp check and follow hospital / patient protocol for testing. I know some might think these tests are just lying around in a cabinet or on shelves and a member of staff could just hit up a friend to talk them into administering a test but that is not a very likely scenario. The smallest mis-steps in these work environments can cost a career and even us folk way behind the scenes of the front lines take very seriously, our effective use and utilization without waste for all things related to PPE and such.
My wife started tele-med stuff at the Dr ofc she manages just before we took our vacation mid March (to stay at home as it was) and did Drive-up patient checks and visits.
I secretly wondered if it was the best idea for her to be off but we live 1 mile from her office and as it turns outs, she had everything set up so well ahead of time, Dr came back from 2 weeks in Hawaii all ramped up about everything and she told him to just relax, it was all handled. Even the PPE and such was secured so it didn't disappear or get over used.
They have to date, sent 16 patients as positives to local hospitals and she has had 4 employees with symptoms test negative. She says by Tuesday's all the staff are asking what day of the week it is ? feeling like it must be Friday. Long days and very busy but I'm so proud of her and the group.
She's usually passed out and asleep by 7 or 730 pm.