BC Advantage - 2020 Issue 11

COVID-19 Testing: False Positives are Definitely a Negative!

Listeners of Talk Ten Tuesdays (www.icd-10monitor.com/talk-ten-tuesdays) may remember that earlier this summer, my 89-year-old father tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 via a saliva polymerase chain reaction test, which his caregivers performed as an attempt to catch COVID-19 infections early, on instructions from the state department of health. The results were returned five days later, and I was informed that evening.The assisted living facility (ALF) went on lockdown, and we all were waiting to see if our loved ones would become symptomatic. On Wednesday, Aug. 26, I received a call from the ALF administrator requesting permission to retest...

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