NORFOLK — The staff at Norwood-Norfolk Central School is pleased to announce Students of the Month. These students are selected for their academic achievements, integrity and leadership in the school
WATERTOWN — Nonprofit organizations in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties are invited to join #giveNNY for a day of local giving on “315Day,” Monday, March 15.
MASSENA — Chad W. Green, owner of Donaldson Funeral Home in Massena and Donaldson-Seymour Funeral Home in Potsdam, has announced that longtime funeral director, James S. Francia of Phillips Memorial
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.