To think nhs hospitals should know the guidelines on Covid test

[Christmaslover67]

Was admitted to hospital they wanted to Covid test me. I had Covid late July so it’s not yet been 90 days since my positive test. So my Covid test could have been a false positive they wouldn’t listen to that.

Who is “they”?

They could do a chest x ray. DH was admitted to AAU overnight, and that was what they did.

They have a box to tick. They're going to tick it no matter what.

Do you have symptoms which could be covid? If so, they are right to ask you to re-test, even if you are within the 90 day window.

You could still have a test. It will most likely come back negative. If it's positive, you may not be contagious, but they may like to take extra precautions given the worldwide pandemic etc

I would guess that it might depend if they have access to your test result from the end of July?

At my trust, we don't retest anyone until over 90 days after a positive covid test.

My DS is in hospital waiting to start chemotherapy but because he tested positive on a PCR 2 weeks ago they are having to wait until he has a negative one before he starts treatment . He has had a chest X-ray and that was all clear and he is asymptomatic

Forgot to say that I only found this out today as every dr , nurse and consultant haven't been able to give me a straight answer . I have to isolate with him even though his isolation period ended on 1st Oct .
I questioned the not having a pcr for 90 days after in case of still being positive and they didn't have an answer for it .

@Freshstart2014

My DS is in hospital waiting to start chemotherapy but because he tested positive on a PCR 2 weeks ago they are having to wait until he has a negative one before he starts treatment . He has had a chest X-ray and that was all clear and he is asymptomatic

That must be awful. Hope it goes well

'They wouldn't listen to that' Seriously, don't take it so personally OP, it's standard practice in a hospital during a pandemic.

I was admitted to hospital 5 days after getting a positive test - I needed oxygen - they did a test on me the first day after I was admitted. Apparently they didn’t have access to the results of that test, so had to do their own.

Maybe that’s what’s happening here, @Christmaslover67.

I hope you feel better soon.

It is a hospital... The guidance is regarding routine testing out in the community, however you would have to retest if new symptoms developed in the community...

The likelihood of it being + is minimal however you're being treated in a hospital environment with vulnerable people, they need to know whether to treat you on a covid ward/in isolation or not.

We retest positive patients in my work (including those who have a recent positive test during hospital admission) as we have rules about isolation if they are symptomatic or need an aerosol generating procedure, and whether staff need full PPE or normal masks etc.
(It’s probably also useful for epidemiology to see how many people remain positive after a period of time)

Yabu, this guidance is for the community. All new hospital admissions need to be swabbed, to protect other patients, and staff.

There is a fair likelihood you will have a negative test

It could still be positive, in which case it’s not hugely helpful. It will quite likely be negative though in which case you’ll be rooming with other low risk customers. Definitely worth doing.

The thing is if it came back positive I would have been on a ward with Covid patients even though I have no symptoms of it