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May 2020
8:04pm, 27 May 2020
6,910 posts
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WA
We have access to tests if anyone we share a home with is symptomatic. I suppose (but I haven't checked) that also applies if we have treated someone who is symptomatic
We have those pinny aprons, gloves, and masks. And it's hard to do a full oro-motor assessment or swallowing assessment without
1. The patient being able to see your mouth
2. Putting your finger on the patient's face
3. Using a pen torch to see inside a patient's mouth.
4. Feeling the swallow (on the neck) and encouraging a cough.
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May 2020
8:14pm, 27 May 2020
51,510 posts
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plodding hippo
No one at my hospital is tested just for having treated a covid or suspect covid patient.
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May 2020
8:15pm, 27 May 2020
51,511 posts
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plodding hippo
WA. Your job must be impossible
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May 2020
8:19pm, 27 May 2020
3,818 posts
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Yumee
Regular testing for staff would have a place, given an estimated 1/5 of hospital cases caught covid whilst in hospital. Not all of them caught it from other patients. Would also be interesting to see how well the PPE was actually protecting us...
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May 2020
8:23pm, 27 May 2020
51,513 posts
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plodding hippo
Not if there was no one to look after the patients Yumee
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May 2020
8:24pm, 27 May 2020
51,514 posts
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plodding hippo
To be fair ..health care workers dont have an increased incidence of death
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May 2020
8:25pm, 27 May 2020
3,819 posts
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Yumee
Might force a hand in providing us with decent PPE though.
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May 2020
8:26pm, 27 May 2020
3,820 posts
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Yumee
"what's that? In order to protect the NHS we need to protect the staff?"
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May 2020
8:31pm, 27 May 2020
51,515 posts
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plodding hippo
Yumee to be fair we have surgical masks , plastic gloves and aprons. We've been graciously allowed the masks for direct patient contact, while being told its "over and above " what's needed for patients who are not known Covid.
Personally I'm not anxious for myself. I wear my mask because all my patients are in the highly vulnerable and shielding group.
Unfortunately they have to come to hozzie
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May 2020
8:32pm, 27 May 2020
34,674 posts
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DocM
I'm sorry that you are having such an awful time. For the sake of others who may wish to know. We don't seem to have the same problems with inadequate PPE or sick staff of staff who can't get tested. There must be a lot of regional variation
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