OGDENSBURG â Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center received a Rheonix Encompass MDx workstation â to test for COVID-19 â from St. Lawrence County.
This workstation allows for a fully automated test that enables detection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, directly from nasopharyngeal swabs, throat swabs, anterior nasal swabs, mid-turbinate nasal swabs, nasal washes, nasal aspirates, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and saliva.
âThis machine allows for same-day results,â said Sheila Perrigo, CHMC laboratory services manager. âWith quicker results, medical staff can make faster decisions about care for our patients.â
The quick turn-around for results with the Rheonix workstation provides a faster answer for a care and treatment plan and isolation or quarantine for COVID-19 positive patients.