Del Monte is the first to have asked to be able to set up an outdoor gazebo. Degrassi (Federfarma): at work to complete the data transmission system
Cristian Rigo
February 20, 2021
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UDINE. Half of the approximately 400 pharmacies present in Fvg participated in the meetings organized via the web by Federfarma to illustrate the contents of the agreement signed with the Region to perform rapid antigenic swabs and, according to the president Luca Degrassi, one in four would be ready to take action to make the service available.
In the whole Region, therefore, there could be about a hundred pharmacies where it will be possible to perform rapid swabs and in Udine Del Monte has already requested authorization to occupy public land to set up an outdoor gazebo. “Many municipalities, including that of the Friulian capital – underlines Degrassi – have approved resolutions to allow free occupation and it is certainly positive because it also allows those who do not have space to activate the service, guaranteeing greater safety.
There are also pharmacies that have private outdoor spaces available, but I believe that others will apply for public land ”.
The goal is to leave on March 1st, but at the moment there are still some aspects to be fine-tuned. “Next week – continues Degrassi – we will meet the technicians to complete the transmission system that is necessary to guarantee the traceability of the virus”. The outcome of the test will in fact be communicated in real time to the Prevention Department of the healthcare company.
To carry out the tests, underlines the president of the Order of Pharmacists of Udine, Gabriele Beltrame, “it will not be pharmacists who are not trained or authorized, but health personnel and therefore doctors and nurses even if the hope is that soon there will be courses to train pharmacists and authorize them to run the time independently since in this period finding nurses is not easy ». The agreement between the Region and Federfarma aims to offer citizens an extra opportunity to test their state of health (for example those who want to visit an elderly relative and have to meet other people for work) without burdening the health system by paying the maximum 26 euros.
The hope is also to bring out a part of the asymptomatic. As specified by the deputy governor, Riccardo Riccardi “to perform the test it will be necessary not to have the symptoms of Covid (fever above 37.5 °, sore throat, joint pain, cough and loss of taste and smell), nor have been in contact close in the previous 48 hours with a relative or a work colleague who tested positive (all cases that are already taken care of by the prevention department, ed).
The appointment must be requested directly at the chosen pharmacy. The examination will be performed with the nasal or nasopharyngeal swab technique and, unlike the molecular test, the result will be available after about thirty minutes. The communication of the outcome, as well as to the person concerned, will be sent to the department ».
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