'During this time of increased demand for hospital services, clinicians urgently need an on-demand diagnostic test for real-time management of patients being evaluated for admission to health-care facilities,' one doctor said of the new testing.
The demand for more testing of COVID-19 has reached new levels from New York to California, and from Illinois to Florida. Tests have typically taken up to six hours to prove whether a patient is positive. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new test that will allow tests to be finished in about 45 minutes.
"During this time of increased demand for hospital services, clinicians urgently need an on-demand diagnostic test for real-time management of patients being evaluated for admission to health-care facilities," Persing"An accurate test delivered close to the patient can be transformative—and help alleviate the pressure that the emergence of the 2019-nCoV outbreak has put on healthcare facilities that need to properly allocate their respiratory isolation resources.
Nurses adjust protective masks inside a testing tent at St. Barnabas hospital on March 20, 2020 in New York City. St. Barnabas hospital in the Bronx set-up tents to triage possible COVID-19 patients outside before they enter the main Emergency department area.Vice President Mike Pence in a Saturday news conference said about 195,000 Americans have been tested for the coronavirus so far, of which some 19,000 have come back positive.
With new testing, and quicker results, America might be able to get a more accurate grip on how many people have been affected by the disease.
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