Crianças a partir dos quatro anos podem fazer auto-esfregaço para testes de COVID-19
Um novo estudo sugere que crianças em idade escolar podem coletar suas próprias amostras para testes de COVID-19, de acordo com pesquisadores clínicos da Escola de Medicina e Saúde Infantil da Universidade Emory de Atlanta. Antes deste estudo, a FDA impôs regulamentos que impediam crianças menores de idade 14 anos desde a auto-limpeza para COVID-19. New data led researchers to suggest updating this policy …
How to Collect a Mid-nasal Swab Specimen for Covid-19 Testing
COVID-19 Mid-Nasal Swab Collection Instructions 1. Instruct the patient to tilt their head back 70 degrees. 2. Using gloves and keeping the tip sterile, remova o cotonete. 3. While rotating, insert the swab one inch or less until resistance is met at the turbinates. 4. Rotate the swab 3-5 times against the nasal wall and repeat in the other nostril …
COVID-19 Outbreak Developing in Xi’an
Food couriers bring supplies to social workers at a closed residential community in Xi’an, Província de Shanxi, no sábado. [Photo by YUAN JINGZHI/FOR CHINA DAILY] A citywide lockdown and mass COVID-19 testing in Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, have enabled the city to reduce the risk of transmission, but the local outbreak is still developing, local authorities said …
