DEACONESS ONSITE TEST

DEACONESS ONSITE TEST

An increase in cases means an increase in tests... tr?staters getting a little sigh of relief as one area hospital opens up*new testing sites.

44news reporter erran huber takes a look at where you can go to see if you have covi?19.

Deaconess is calling this a game changer when it comes to the fight against covi?19 locally.

Now not only will they be able to test on sit?and test more peopl?

But be able to offer a same day diagnosis.

Up until toda?they've had to send their testing out of town to lab?

Increasing the response tim?and the chances of something happening to the results.

But no?they have newly bought testing equipmen?

And it's considered the most accurate way to diagnose coronavirus.

So far in vanderburgh county alon?they've had over 20 positive results of covi?19 infections.

"the first thing to understand is they must have an order from a physician, so not everyone who wants to be tested can, it has to be approved by our physician group in order to be tested.

Once that occurs, they are scheduled and they can be collected at one of our driv?thru locations, either on lynch road, or deaconess clinic downtown" what won't change thoug?is testing criteria.

That's due to the ongoing shortage of supplies to collect samples.

Deaconess is continuing to prioritize the highest need?like those with symptoms or exposure.

Now we'll continue to bring you everything you need to kno?

And the coverage you can count on during the covi?19 crisis.

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