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GPs should refer a PCR test if the patient has at least five symptoms. This is the proposal of the National Health Insurance Fund for a draft contract for the amendment of the National Framework Agreement 2020-2022, sent to the Bulgarian Medical Union.
The proposal is published on the BMA website.
The GP may issue a referral for testing if the patient has at least five of the symptoms: a new fever; a new cough / mostly dry /; new severe fatigue; new loss of taste and / or smell; new breathing difficulties or shortness of breath; myalgia; Oxygen saturation less than 92 percent (or less than 88 percent for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) when pulse oximetry is performed, if possible, is logged in the project.
An electronic reference may be sent from the GP to the National Health Information System, and a unique reference code will be generated from the system, adds the draft amendment.
Once the GP provides the unique code to the patient, the patient must present it to a laboratory that is contracted with the NHIF and perform a PCR test.
