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As reported by NVSC last week, staff at the Radiology Department of Utena Hospital detected the coronavirus, which had not left Lithuania.
“The case was clarified after employees performed preventive examinations. The doctor did not communicate with patients due to the nature of the work in this department,” NVSC announced.
Utena Hospital in the response sent 15 minutes He said the case was identified according to a weekly plan after examining 35 hospital employees.
Neither this physician nor the other subjects had or have had symptoms of COVID-19.
15 minutes As far as I know, the tests for the doctor were repeated twice more: on Saturday and Tuesday, both were negative.
“The repeated study was performed at the request of the employee, but its negative result does not invalidate the previous test, but only confirms the epidemiological opinion on the presence of asymptomatic forms of COVID-19 and the complexity of its diagnosis. The priority of our institution is the safety of our patients and staff, which is why high-risk contacts have remained in self-isolation for 14 days, “he replied. 15 minutes said the hospital.
According to the Utena Hospital data, 7 high-risk group contacts were located after the case was identified, and another 8 people were assigned to low-risk group contacts, after which no positive case was investigated, so that they could go back to work.
If a study showed that you are sick, then you are sick
Birutė Sapkauskienė, Director of the Department of Utena of NVSC 15 minutes In his responses, he recalled that, according to the definition of a COVID-19 case approved by the Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga, if a person had a positive result, it is considered a confirmed case.
Scanpix / SIPA photo / Coronavirus sampling in Israel
“Please note that according to available data, COVID-19 is a disease
PCR tests (molecular – aut.) Have a high sensitivity and specificity, and the prognostic value of a positive test is particularly high, therefore, negative results of subsequent tests cannot rule out compliance with laboratory criteria ” , – he said in the reply 15 minutes.
According to B.Sapkauskienė, Minister A.Veryga approved the procedure according to which the second sample is taken for examination no earlier than 14 days after the day of diagnosis of the disease.
When asked if he does not receive complaints about possible low-quality tests, the director of the Department of Utena replied that the evaluation of the quality of laboratory tests and the handling of people’s complaints regarding their quality is not a competence of the NVSC.
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