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Un’altra mass screening campaign, its base voluntary and free for citizens, to test more and more people, intercept new asymptomatic positives as quickly as possible and extinguish any outbreaks at the root, starting with those in the family or at school.
Emilia-Romagna doubles: after rapid serological tests destined for the school world, from staff to students, with their families, Nasal tests also come to the pharmacy. for the detection of the coronavirus antigen, known as quick swabs, with results in just 15 minutes. Thanks to according to the agreement that he Region He has signed with trade associations territorial from affiliated pharmacies, public and private, from Monday, December 21 me until June 30, 2021 (possibly extendable) this new epidemiological investigation will begin throughout the territory, from Piacenza to Rimini, potentially targeting more than 2 million citizens, about one in two residents.
During the preparatory work of the shared document, it was considered useful to collect both the positive opinion of the Pharmacist orders of our region and the observations of the unions – Filcams and Fisascat – in terms of strengthening the organizational measures and protection of the health and safety of pharmacists and pharmacists.
The novelty was illustrated today in video conference press by the President of the Region, Stefano bonaccini, by the councilor for health policies, Raffale doniniand let’s go representatives of affiliated pharmacy trade associations.
Recipients, in addition to pharmacists Participating in the project, they are the same citizens of the screening launched on October 19, the first of its kind in Italy, which allowed testing (with the participation of 939 affiliated pharmacies, 70% of those in the region) and 309,000 people , of which only 0.2% tested positive for coronavirus after molecular swab confirmation
The invitation to participate, valid for citizens who have health care in the region, is therefore a tall schoolchildren and students gives 0 to 18 years ei old attending the senior High School, with them parents (even if they are separated and / or do not live together and guardians / custodians), brothers me sisters and others members of the family partners, as well as grandparents who do not live together; University students who have a GP in Emilia-Romagna and those who, although they attended here, attend universities outside the region. And again: the educational services staff 0-3 years cast school of all order and gradeincluding Training institutions What do I provide? Vocational education and training courses (IeFP) and the students who assist them.
For everyone, there will be the possibility of taking the exam once a month.
One operation one more time free for citizens Thank you to the investment of the Region, that will reimburse pharmacies € 16.76 for each test, between supply of material, personal protective equipment and remuneration for the service
How to join the campaign
To perform the test it is enough make an appointment with the pharmacist, consulting the list of members in a site that will be available in the next few days me constantly updated. The pharmacist will be in charge, during the reservation phase, of informing the citizen that the activity will be carried out in auto test. In case of minors, a parent or guardian must consent and be present to test the child. The activity will always take place in compliance with all security measures, from the mandatory and correct use of the mask, which will be lowered only at the time of sampling and then correctly repositioned, to hand hygiene, from controlling body temperature to spacing.
Precisely because it is about a screening aimed only at people without symptoms, for the safety of citizens and pharmacists the test cannot be performed if in the last 10 days you have had close contact with people suffering from Covid-19, if you have a fever over 37.5 ° C or respiratory symptoms. For citizens in these conditions, there are other active paths.
Test result
the pharmacist register the data of the person undergoing the test in the regional pharmacy portal; The result is sent to the public health doctor of the local health service and the family doctor. In case of positivity, the citizen must remain isolated at home avoiding contact with other people, waiting to be contacted by telephone by the public sanctity services of his own Ausl to perform the nasopharyngeal molecular swab, which may or may not confirm the presence of the virus.
