Have you been tested?

micks_address

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Average is 1.2 days

Once Dr refers you for a test how long before contact from test center?

melonstar

micks_address wrote: »

Once Dr refers you for a test how long before contact from test center?

I rang my doctor last Monday afternoon and she put me down for an test. Got a text from HSE within the hour for a test on Tuesday lunchtime.
Had the results (negative) on Thursday around 11am.
I was put down as high priority due to a family member being high risk.

weisses

I have been tested 3 times ... average waiting time has come down significantly ... last test was Friday, result in by text on Sunday

micks_address

melonstar wrote: »

I rang my doctor last Monday afternoon and she put me down for an test. Got a text from HSE within the hour for a test on Tuesday lunchtime.
Had the results (negative) on Thursday around 11am.
I was put down as high priority due to a family member being high risk.

Thanks daughter has been referred due to unexplained high temperature. No other symptoms. Where would test center for north county Dublin be?

Duke of Url

weisses wrote: »

I have been tested 3 times ... average waiting time has come down significantly ... last test was Friday, result in by text on Sunday

why would you need to be tested 3 times do you mind me asking?

Do you work in Healthcare or something like that?

is_that_so

micks_address wrote: »

Thanks daughter has been referred due to unexplained high temperature. No other symptoms. Where would test center for north county Dublin be?

From this link
https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/testing/how-to-get-tested.html

You will get a text message with the time and location of your test. The text will include a reference number. You will need to bring this to your appointment.

micks_address

is_that_so wrote: »

From this link
https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/testing/how-to-get-tested.html

Thanks I suspect she not a priority so might be tomorrow before contact. We isolating anyway. Thankfully she not very sick

Holly004

Eire Go Brach wrote: »

Have a test today at the Aviva. Which road do I access it at?
Thanks.

Just wondering which road you enter? My friend missed her appointment today as she couldn’t find the entrance. She’s got another appointment tomorrow and she’s terrified the same thing will happen again.

Thanks.

smurfjed

Just got the results of my 17th test, all negative

I guess that I have a big nose as they don’t affect me at all.

petejmk

micks_address wrote: »

Thanks I suspect she not a priority so might be tomorrow before contact. We isolating anyway. Thankfully she not very sick

Do you mind me asking how long you were waiting in the end? My son was referred yesterday around lunchtime by GP. We were told we'd be contacted with appointment time within a couple of hours. We still haven't heard anything.

Icantthinkof1

Cork29 wrote: »

After test how long it take to get results now?

Test was Monday lunchtime; results by 8am Wednesday morning.
So within a 48hour window for results

ACitizenErased

Cork29 wrote: »

After test how long it take to get results now?

Average time is just over a day

Away With The Fairies

smurfjed wrote: »

Just got the results of my 17th test, all negative

I guess that I have a big nose as they don’t affect me at all.

17 tests?

Are all the tests for work?

CPTM

Not sure if this is the place for this. The wife has been experiencing 4 of the symptoms of coronavirus since yesterday. We can't get through to the GP (the phone line has been engaged all morning).

Is there something else we should be doing in this instance? We have health insurance ( myself with vhi and herself with Laya). Can the online docs from their online platform refer us to be tested? Currently the symptoms would be noted as mild. Cough, headache, no taste, sudden onset of fatigue this morning.

JimmyVik

CPTM wrote: »

Not sure if this is the place for this. The wife has been experiencing 4 of the symptoms of coronavirus since yesterday. We can't get through to the GP (the phone line has been engaged all morning).

Is there something else we should be doing in this instance? We have health insurance ( myself with vhi and herself with Laya). Can the online docs from their online platform refer us to be tested? Currently the symptoms would be noted as mild. Cough, headache, no taste, sudden onset of fatigue this morning.

Online docs should be able to help you.

ACitizenErased

CPTM wrote: »

Not sure if this is the place for this. The wife has been experiencing 4 of the symptoms of coronavirus since yesterday. We can't get through to the GP (the phone line has been engaged all morning).

Is there something else we should be doing in this instance? We have health insurance ( myself with vhi and herself with Laya). Can the online docs from their online platform refer us to be tested? Currently the symptoms would be noted as mild. Cough, headache, no taste, sudden onset of fatigue this morning.

If you can’t get through to your GP you can call an out of hours service
https://www2.hse.ie/services/find-a-gp-out-of-hours/

Are the labs examining the tests over the weekends too.

stargazer 68

Duke of Url wrote: »

why would you need to be tested 3 times do you mind me asking?

Do you work in Healthcare or something like that?

I have had 3 as well - another one tomorrow. All nursing home staff are being tested weekly for 4 weeks - although that may go on for a bit longer. And, all 178 of our tests have come back negative 3 weeks in a row

ACitizenErased

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Are the labs examining the tests over the weekends too.

Labs run 24/7

stevek93

My OH rang GP this morning at 1030 doctor rang back at 3pm test scheduled for 2pm Wednesday results probably Friday. I rang my GP about 3 weeks ago for a test GP called back 20 minutes later then contacted by HSE about an hour later to come in for a test in 2 hours. Seems we are going backwards again...

ACitizenErased

stevek93 wrote: »

My OH rang GP this morning at 1030 doctor rang back at 3pm test scheduled for 2pm Wednesday results probably Friday. I rang my GP about 3 weeks ago for a test GP called back 20 minutes later then contacted by HSE about an hour later to come in for a test in 2 hours. Seems we are going backwards again...

To be fair most testing centres are now closed due to lack of demand so assigning times takes a while

stevek93

ACitizenErased wrote: »

To be fair most testing centres are now closed due to lack of demand so assigning times takes a while

Didn’t know they closed up that was silly.

ACitizenErased

stevek93 wrote: »

Didn’t know they closed up that was silly.

There's no demand so no need for them to be open to be fair, wasting taxpayers money otherwise

Exodus 1811

ACitizenErased wrote: »

There's no demand so no need for them to be open to be fair, wasting taxpayers money otherwise

Wasting taxpayers money gets bandied around a bit.

I think that having standby capactiy for a second wave, which was always prophesized as coming down the tracks, and being able to deal with it quickly and effectively, isn't a waste of taxpayers money.

ACitizenErased

Exodus 1811 wrote: »

Wasting taxpayers money gets bandied around a bit.

I think that having standby capactiy for a second wave, which was always prophesized as coming down the tracks, and being able to deal with it quickly and effectively, isn't a waste of taxpayers money.

Standby capacity doesn’t mean they’re open, they’re closed as I said.

seefin

Icantthinkof1 wrote: »

Test was Monday lunchtime; results by 8am Wednesday morning.
So within a 48hour window for results

How are they sending results at 8am? Are they working early mornings etc? Assume text is sent by computer system automatically after your results were entered?

Stheno

seefin wrote: »

How are they sending results at 8am? Are they working early mornings etc? Assume text is sent by computer system automatically after your results were entered?

The labs are 24/7 afaik

seefin

Stheno wrote: »

The labs are 24/7 afaik

Interesting..hadnt realised that

the corpo

1,300 people have refused to get tested? Yikes.

https://www.broadsheet.ie/2020/07/22/the-gardai-may-need-to-call-to-peoples-doors/