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Fylkeslegen I Oslo and the south of norway, Marianne Skjerven-Martinsen, informs that it has gotten several messages to the County about that helsespersonell sell hurtigtester for the influence of the antibodies that are formed in connection with the covid-19-disease.
the Tests are sold by health care professionals through their own private companies. According to Fylkeslegen advertised, among other things, that the tests can be used to get healthcare professionals quickly out of quarantine.
– This is problematic because it is not hurtigtester which is valid to this farm, and can potentially fix up a quarantine with a sick person who have not yet developed antibodies, type Skjerven-Martinsen in an email to NRK.
another issue may be that a positive test result not followed up in a timely manner, ” says Fylkeslegen.
Can give false sense of security
Norwegian institute of public health (FHI) stresses in an update that came Friday that hurtigtester for antistoffpåvisning should not be used as the monitor self-test or hjemmetester.
– None of these tests are approved by the medicines agency for use by private individuals, writes FHI’s guidelines.
FHI points out that it takes days or weeks before the antibodies before the antibodies are formed, and that such tests often will be negative in the beginning of the infection.
– Negative tests are taken early in the disease, will be able to give a false sense of security, just in the stage one probably is the most contagious.
Privatklinikken Oslo Health Emergency stopped the Sunday sale of hurtigstester for the detection of antibodies after covid-19 infection.
Photo: Screenshot / the Oslo health emergency To make the study
at the same time, FHI also stated that considering the greater use of the quick test and self-test, to increase the testkapasiteten in Norway.
FHI is now planning a clinical trial, and the comparison of the tests, in cooperation with the NOKLUS, who works with the quality assurance of laboratory investigations in primary – and spesialisthelsetjensten.
the chief Physician Anne-Marte Bakken Kran said earlier in the week that the tests to detect antibody after koronavirus first and foremost will be also applicable for health professionals, but also for others.
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One of the actors who have offered the quick since Thursday for one and a half week ago, is privatklinikken Oslo Health Emergency. In the beginning of the week started the clinic also to send the tests home to private individuals.
on Sunday, got the doctor Kambiz Persley a mail from kommuneoverlege John David Johannessen in Drammen, where he was made aware of the updated advice from FHI about hurtigtester.
Kambiz, who is also part owner of a private medical facility in Oregon, has now stopped the sale of hjemmetestene until further notice.
– We have sent out the tests until Friday. Those who have ordered in the weekend, shall receive a refund of their money.
– Previously FHI only said that one should fear, for the test to avoid testing too early. We have taken account for, which is stated clearly on our website.
“We are little interested in the negative responses and still we recommend you to follow the advice from FHI if you get a negative result”, called on the Oslo Health Legevakts website.
We’ve said all the time, and it is also on our web pages, that a negative test does not mean that you should out of quarantine, or not to comply with the advice from FHI, says Kambiz.
Hope it is allowed with hjemmetesting
Kambiz says he has not been contacted by Fylkeslegen regarding any tilsynssak. He adds that he nevertheless is not concerned about such a request, because he has followed FHIs advice all the time.
Kambiz, who is also a family doctor, says he’s going to follow the trial of hurtigtestene carefully. He hopes FHI concludes that it is prudent with hjemmetesting.
We hope it will not be so hurtigtestene must be carried out by a family doctor. When will legepersonell in the front line having to deal with several thousand people. It is not all places can do it, and at the same time safeguard the smittevernreglene in a good way.
According to the FHI is over 100,000 persons tested for koronasmitte in Norway. Under 5 percent of the tests have been positive. This is the test that determines virussmitte, in contrast to hurtigtestene, which detects the formation of antibodies in the aftermath.
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