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The Dénia Health Department performs an average of 250 PCR daily

14 September 2020 - 12: 10

The Department of Health of Dénia -DSD- is carrying out an average of 250 PCR daily. The tests are carried out both in Primary Care and in the Hospital and residences for the elderly. All COVID detection and tracing protocols are carried out in close collaboration with healthcare professionals. public health center Denia.
In the hospital setting, coronavirus PCR is performed on any patient admitted to the hospital ward. This includes both those admitted for suspected COVID infection, as well as those admitted for any other medical or surgical pathology from the Emergency Service.

The test is equally extensive to pregnant women who are going to give birth or to admitted psychiatric or pediatric patients. In addition, all patients who are going to undergo scheduled surgery undergo PCR for coronavirus systematically, 48 hours before the intervention.

With regard to Primary Care, health professionals take samples from patients with suspected COVID and all their contacts; in addition to carrying out a telephone follow-up of each case.
Special vigilance is also established for healthcare professionals, chronic patients who periodically attend the hospital, as well as users of the Hemodialysis Unit or the Onco-Hematological Day Hospital. The team dedicated to supporting nursing homes for the elderly also has developed a strict protocol with the center's professionals and residents.

According to Dr. Patricia Martín Rico, Head of Internal Medicine at DSD, “At the moment, an average of 250 PCRs are performed daily in the Marina Alta. Most of the results are available in less than 24 hours, since a good part of these analyzes are done in the hospital's own laboratory. This is possible, adds the Head of Internal Medicine, thanks to the technology donated last May by the Dénia Foundation. Today, the analyzer solves 75 tests per day, but we are going to incorporate an RNA extraction automation train so that it can perform up to 175 PCR per day”.

1 Comment
  1. XARO PIERA MENGUAL says:

    I JUST ASK TO BE PRUDENT
    AND ACCEPT ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE MADE TO US AND PLEASE TO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE, THINK OF YOUR ELDERLY, THANK YOU


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