Labs in Victoria, with surge staff capacity, can process 18,000 tests a day
New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and Tasmania have agreed to provide surge
lab capacity of over 4000 tests a day.
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Private laboratories can also provide surge capacity of
around 13,500 tests a day through their interstate operations.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwijs5f8t6XqAhVHSX0KHbLDAB4QFjAPegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dhhs.vic.gov.au%2Fcovid-19-suburban-testing-blitz&usg=AOvVaw0vlTHTIp__tQQbG2eSW3Om …1 reply 2 retweets 14 likesShow this thread -
Some details on the "saliva test" (which is just the same tests, but testing a new specimen type; saliva instead of deep nasal and oropharyngeal swabs) below...
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ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙♂️ Retweeted Allen Cheng
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Saliva is easier to collect and may help address those in Victoria who are refusing to be tested. This seems to be parents of kidshttps://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/australia/parents-in-victoria-refusing-painful-coronavirus-tests-for-kids-amid-states-spike-in-cases/news-story/ac4676ad7940449a0ec00ddf2426885c …
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ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙♂️ Retweeted Allen Cheng
Studies have mostly found saliva to miss a few cases compared to the other swabs, but perhaps that has been overcomehttps://twitter.com/peripatetical/status/1262543733377003524?s=20 …
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Allen Cheng @peripateticalReplying to @DrEricLevi @drdebwilliamsonAt this stage a nasal swab is still thought to be better (and is related to technique - probably most sensitive when done by an ENT surgeon!). Saliva could be as good but needs optimising - eg using greater volumes in the test, or centrifuging the specimen first.1 reply 7 retweets 16 likesShow this thread -
The crew at the Doherty Institute
@TheDohertyInst in Victoria have been hard at work looking into making saliva testing useful, (good for kids although viral loads here may add to issues). I'd imagine it'll be getting a good trial right now in Victoria
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They noted in print, "sensitivity of saliva as a diagnostic specimen is less than NPS, saliva testing may be a suitable alternative first-line screening test in several environments" https://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2020/04/17/JCM.00776-20 …
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Other saliva-related reading...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30196-1/fulltext …
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32298676/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32429101/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32310815/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32449329/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32311181/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32338180/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32317257/
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I'm salivating at all of these studiespic.twitter.com/WkVtF7XGHj
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